Peacock butterfly that is missing one of his antenna. Must have taken 100 shots and learned a lot about butterfly's. They seem to close they wings in the sun and open them in the shade.
Just viewed large....Awesome!was he missing his left antennae ? Wonder how that affects him finding certain flowers.That is the organ they "smell" with.
Lovely shot Richard. Is the butterfly on a Buddleia? We used th have one when I lived in th UK and It used to be covered with butterflies in the sunshine and I loved the aroma. Fav!
I could have used that insight about the shade the other day when I was trying to get one.... I spent all day photographing the underside of their wings! lol
Thank you for all of your views, comments and Favs as this photo made PP for a few hours on Saturday morning :-)