I recently visited The Butterfly Estates in Fort Myers, a nonprofit devoted to preserving butterflies native to Florida. A volunteer released day-old butterflies.
A monarch being released.
A monarch being released.
The underside of a giant swallowtail.
A zebra longwing, the most common butterfly in southwest Florida.
And, a monarch hovering beside milkweed, a monarch's only host plant.
The back of a giant swallowtail.
And, a monarch hovering beside milkweed, a monarch's only host plant.
4 comments:
These are so beautiful! I wonder if this is where the Desert Botanical Garden gets their butterflies for the spring and fall exhibitions. Our spring one should be coming up soon. Great shots!
I heard on the radio this morning that it has been a great year for the Monarch population!
Good place to get butterfly shots. They're normally so tricky.
These ones are pretty!
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