Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 109, 1 by vitrsna

vitrsna wrote:
The Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) returned for the second day and at about the same time but i can't say it was the same butterfly that visited yesterday. I thought i would try for some discrete photos from about a distance of 18 to 20 feet. Also she/he was about 7.5' up the vine. Very shy this one and apparently knew that an eye was trained on her/him. The two photos are in the order taken. You see her/him buried in the Senecio blossoms. After the first photo, she moved to a place where she would be well-disguised (the second photo)...buried in the greenery. I hope it is the same one that was here yesterday. I hope this is a female with some eggs. I hope she spent the night in the Justicia. I wish the photos were better but not at the expense of scaring her away. It is a large butterfly...best guess would be a little larger than a Monarch and maybe not so large as a Giant Swallowtail.