Tired, struggling to hold onto the wet Japanese ribbon grass on the terrace in a mist of cloudy rain.
The two last caterpillars disappeared the day after I photographed them. Birds? It was very hot, and the parsley was in full sun, so I thought they might have moved to shade, but they never came back. I suspect there'll be more.
Very good pictures, almost like embroidery - was this with your "little" camera or did you borrow one from the husband?
ReplyDeleteHi Dinahmow...Thank you. This was the little camera. The two first pictures were from a super close-up which I then cropped in two different places, just to show he markings. I couldn't get any closer, or I would have bumped the poor butterfly.
ReplyDeleteThe second picture is brilliant! I would have to agree with Dinahmow about the embroidery; if I hadn't seen you taking the picture, I don't think I could have guessed what it was...
ReplyDeleteI think you should have eaten it. You seemed perfectly willing to lure us into eating the eggs.....
ReplyDeleteWell done! I wondered this on the day you had the ovipositor photos too - how do you get it to sit still? I find butterflies even harder to capture than children, both end up as blurs towards the edges of my photos.
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!!!!! you are so lucky!!
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