The annual wildflower mix on Button Moon is still going strong, with tickseed and late marigolds beginning to take over from the linum and nigella. This is great news not only for us but for the host of pollinators who are enjoying these riches. Today I pursued, in the nicest non stalker like way, a tiny blue butterfly. She landed, briefly, on Eschschlotzia californica ‘Red Chief’ which is lolling about on the adjacent bed. With a zoom and a lucky shot I captured her, before she flitted off again, blissfully unaware of the huntress.
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Colour coordinated butterfly and flower. Or are the undersides of the butterfly’s wings merely reflecting the Poppy’s colour.
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I think there is some reflecting going on, maybe to make them less obvious to predators when they are feeding. Would make sense but I wouldn’t take it as truth!
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Such a beautiful butterfly, a photograph worthy of Diana herself.
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🙂
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What a treat!
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Goodness! I will not comment on ‘Red Chief’; . . . but do you happen to have a favorite color for the California poppy?
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