Brookside Gardens Wings of Fancy - August 2015
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We made a second trek to the see the butterfly exhibit at the Brookside Gardens conservatory - a great outing for a guest in town for the weekend.
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Often the contrasting colors of the flowers and the butterflies prompts me to take a picture.
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Sometimes a tree trunk seems to be a favorite resting place for butterflies. One had at least 6 on it as I walked by.
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I wondered how this morpho was still flying. Parts of both wings are missing.
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There were several that hung gracefully upside down on their flowers.
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Others fluttered to keep their place or move slightly to the next flower. Sometimes the slightly different motion of the two parts of the wing can be detected.
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Some butterflies are more colorful on the underside.
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When butterflies perch close to each other - resting - I often wonder if they are aware of each other.
Last but not least….I am always on the lookout for Monarchs. I wish we had them in our neighborhood like we did 20 years ago…but now I seem them most often in exhibits like this one.