A Painted Lady feeding on Echinacea nectar …
steps daintily from one flower head to the next…
and settles down to feed again.
In the second photo the butterfly’s long proboscis is coiled out of the way before reaching into a new source of nectar.
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August 25, 2019 at 5:08 pm
Great photos.
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August 25, 2019 at 5:29 pm
Thanks, Margaret. The butterfly was too busy feeding to pay me any attention.
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