Large white Butterfly
Black Swallowtail butterfly on "Horrible Thislte (that really is the name!)", Shark Valley, The Everglades National Park, Florida March 2013. I was riding a bicylce into a steady, 10-15mph headwind when I saw this butterfly. There had not been many that day. It was terrible, glaring mid day light and with the wind, even harder to get a good shot. And, it was a raggedy, less than perfect butterfly. But, I fought for it! We have these butterflies and this thistle in Maine. Here we call it Bull Thistle.
ButterflyPhoto captured at Haartebeesport Dam, South Africa.
yellow buds
on the edge
coconuts on a hot sunny day
on the edge 2
on the edge 3
Large white Butterfly
Large white Butterfly
Large white Butterfly
See photo in original gallery.