Chasing butterflies...literally

Yes, I have been doing just that.

Well, I'm not actually running or anything crazy like that...

(wouldn't that be a vision?)

...but up until just recently, the butterflies have been pretty scarce around here.

Or maybe, I just wasn't looking in the right places.

I found the majority of these beauties right across the road from my local Goodwill store.

There is a huge field of milkweed...



...and where there is milkweed blooming, there will no doubt be bees and/or butterflies aplenty.



So there I was...traisping through this field of waist-high grasses and under growth.
The monarchs were abundant and there were a few yellow swallowtail as well,
all a little skittish...so this is where the chasing part comes in :)

I was praying the whole time that there were no snakes!

Now I didn't need to do much chasing to photograph these lovelies...



...they just recently started visiting the butterfly bush right outside of my workplace.

I used my point-n-shoot and was able to get within a few inches.



And although this guy below is technically not a butterfly,
I was quite taken with him...and I didn't have to chase him at all!

This Imperial Moth seemed to be stuck to the side of the house.
I even touched his lovely hairy body and he didn't flinch!

Isn't he a beaut??
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