My brother and his wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this weekend with a lovely party in their backyard. This gorgeous butterfly blessed the occasion with a fly through and settled on a flower just long enough to allow me to capture a photograph.
Photo taken April 13th, 2013
Pleasanton, California
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We have the eastern tiger swallowtail which is pretty similar. I only see it a few times per year, unfortunately .
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I don’t see these often, either, and this is the first one I’ve seen this year. They are such beautiful butterflies!
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Ah, lovely butterfly – I can’t get over how perfect its wings are, not raggedy at all as a lot of the white butterflies I’m seeing here in New Zealand seem to be – makes for a perfect picture! And nice that its visit also coincided with such a special occasion, and that you were on hand to take the photo 🙂
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Isn’t it a pretty butterfly? It’s the first one of these I’ve seen this year, and I don’t see them often. I, too, mostly see white ones (cabbage whites), though I haven’t seen many yet this year!
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Beautiful butterfly, but I’m just delighted to think it made an appearance for such a special occasion!
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Swallowtails are beautiful! 🙂
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