Today I saw my first butterfly of the season! It was a Moss' Elfin, and this has been the first butterfly I've seen every year that we've lived here on the island. At first glance, it looks like a boring little brown thing, but when you really look, it's gorgeous. The brown has irridescent purple highlights, and the patterning on the undersides of the wings is intricate and lovely.
I look forward to these every year. I'm going to try to get a picture of my own, because the one on the web just doesn't do it justice.
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YES!!!! yes yes! I do the same...it's SUCH a treatto see the first butterfly of the year! WOW...seems early...but how neat-and it's SPRING!
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