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These butterflies are very interesting. They are called common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus).
They have violet-blue upper wings with grey-beige undersides. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to capture a decent picture of the beautiful blue upper part of the wings.
Common blue butterflies are found in Europe, North Africa, the Canary Islands, and east across the Palearctic to Northern China. Recently it was discovered in Quebec, Canada.
An interesting fact about butterflies I read is that they are near-sighted but they see color, including a range of ultraviolet colors that are not visible to the human eye. Their eyesight is good within 10-12 feet or about 3-3.5 meters.
The butterfly said to the sun,”They can’t stop talking about my transformation. I can only do it once in my lifetime.
If only they know they can do it at any time and in countless ways.”
-Dodinsky
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How beautiful. I love all butterflies. They have not made it here yet. I always feel Dustin when they visit.
They are gorgeous and special creatures indeed.
The patterns in the butterfly wings are truly works of art.
I agree with you completely!
A beautiful butterfly, I haven’t seen it yet.
Happiness is like a butterfly, which you can’t catch.
Such a beautiful thought, thank you for sharing!
i go from flower to flower, seeking perfection. I never realize I am perfection. “The Butterfly” a poem by Sandler Boggs.
That’s a beautiful quote!
i love butterflies, Carol always shares butterfly pictures from Dustin’s Garden and i just love seeing those.
I find myself watching for butterflies when walking the dogs!
Isn’t it interesting how inspiring butterflies can be, but if you have a garden and the caterpillars eat your plants, they are suddenly considered pest.
it is the cycle of gardening! the best becomes beauty!
For example take the zucchini, it is a pest and grows all over the garden. But there are people that like it.
I don’t but I’ve heard there are people that do.
I didn’t know they grow so easily. But since they are edible, I don’t see it as a problem.
i hate zucchini! so I see their growth as a problem! 🙂
Wow! Here, they are more expensive than the usual courgette we have. I used to hate them but courgettes are now a staple in my diet and such a diverse vegetable.
still a hard no from me on anything that is squash in nature.
Butterflies taste with their feet! Did you know that?
I have read it. Such amazing creatures.
“The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly.”
-Ponce Denis Ecouchard Lebrun
Courtesy the Internet.
Those are beautiful words!