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Buckeye Butterfly ~ Critter Saturday

As the summer starts to end, some of the plants and butterflies are leaving. I captured this Buckeye butterfly on the butterfly bush bloom earlier. 

I know they will return in the spring. First as a caterpillar then a butterfly will emerge. Still hard to see them go. I know it will be the end of their very short lives. 

I have a plaque my sister gave me that says… If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

Such a true statement and reminder that there are changes in life we all must endure.

Photo ©CarolDM2019

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    Life is full of change, we have to learn to roll with it, right?

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    Did you know that most butterflies only live a few days?

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Written by Carol DM

42 Comments

  1. A great plaque from your sister! Love that quote!

    Another lovely photo! Butterflies does a lot in their short lifespan …
    for one, they help pollinate flowers!

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  2. Butterflies are free!

    Ever since you started posting pictures of them late spring, I look for them every day on the walk. You’ve inspired me to stop and watch their beauty!

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  3. I think the way butterflies view the world is different from us. Maybe for them a day is like a month. And true, change is necessary and for our own good.

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  4. Metamorphosis is such a deep powerful phenomenon. ?
    Changes can make us beautiful. ?
    Hopefully a few days aren’t perceived as short by butterflies, but then comes the saying “it is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep”.

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  5. I always love seeing the butterflies of the season and it feels sad when they drift away. I don’t know how the butterflies behave in this Florida climate but I know I do not see many and I am sure they have a different cycle here.

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  6. Well for some butterflies such as the Monarch Butterflies can live up to 5 months, but most Monarch Butterflies live from 4 – 8 weeks. I don’t know the life span of other Butterflies

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