Skipper butterfly on Aster bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Skipper butterfly on chive bloom

Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro

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Skipper on ‘Sombrero Adobe Orange’ coneflower

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Skipper on Purple coneflower

Skipper on Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

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Buffet line: Skippers on Purple coneflower

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Skipper butterfly

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Skipper butterfly on Verbena bonariensis (also called Vervain)

Skippers on Celosia

Skipper butterflies on Celosia (Cockscomb) flowers

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Eye candy, batch #4

Sigh…culling through my archives, in preparation for my March/April 2012 exhibit, is making me want to photograph blooms and bugs right now.

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Buffet line

A Fiery Skipper butterfly patiently awaits its turn behind a Bumblebee on a Stoke’s Aster.

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Gomphrena globosa (Bachelor’s Button)

Gomphrena, sometimes called globe amaranth or bachelor’s button, is a sun-loving, drought tolerant annual plant. I think might be the “All Around Purple” variety. These intense magenta-pinkish purple flowers are tiny, no more than an inch in diameter—making them a bit of a challenge to photograph. Just imagine paired this color with lime green foliage! Although they were too quick to photograph, there was a bounty of skipper and sulphur butterflies darting through this bank of Gomphrena at Green Spring Gardens this afternoon.

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