I am sorry these pictures are such poor quality, but I couldn't get very clear ones, as the butterfly moves very fast and never seems to stay still. He really is very pretty though, and when you seem for real he is a very bright red. I have been trying to photograph him ever since I saw him two months ago. (And I never did catch him, my friend did.) He seems to be a very intellegent butterfly and he has slipped out of my hands more times than I would like to recall! But I have got a picture at last, and even though it is a very poor one I thought the butterfly was just too beautiful to be passed up.
Found in Northern Turkey.
These pictures hardly do the creature justice, so I am giving you another one so that you can see what it really does look like.
(taken from eurobutterflies.com)If you are interested, than I encourage you to go to Mr. Matt Rowling's butterfly site dedicated to European butterflies. He has done a great job, and created a very resourceful site with dozens of pictures of BEAUTIFUL butterflies from all over Europe.
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ReplyDeleteWe had a really neat moth at our house a while back. It had a four inch wingspan, and these awesome feathery antenae. It was so big we were all googlie-eyed over it.
Sorry for not coming to see your blog in a while, but I will surly come around more often!
Eyebright
That's really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteRYC: Ivanhoe was excellent; I thoroughly enjoyed it (read it in two days). At first, I was hesitant to read it because I had heard it was a romance, but it was more knights and chivalry than anything else. ;-)
I enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time as well (though not as much), it was really fascinating. I'd say it's in the line of Lewis' Space Trilogy, although it's not nearly as deep, it has a lot of the same qualities (i.e. space travel, creatures from different planets, the concept of sin). I also read the sequel (I don't remember the title right now), which was good, but I decided to stop there. There are a couple other sequels that I didn't go on to read.
Thanks for your comment.
Regards,
Aldawen
Wow! Lovely butterfly! We have a dead monarch sitting our on counter. I think mom was going to have us draw it or something. I am glad you are out and about catching things! lol
ReplyDeleteAnd, is your estranged sister still alive and well? I hope so! Tell her I have been thinking about her, and I will reply to your email soon. I am sorry.. I am so late! I've just been busy!
I hope you all are doing well! Tell your mom I have been thinking about her and hope she is doing well too!
Love you!
Jocelyn
So pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteI thought I would tell you, that I just recently changed my blog and anyone can comment now... You do not have to be logged into HSB.
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Rebekah ~ The Lord's Daughter