Min nabo har fått en plante i sin hage! Og spør meg nå ikke hva den heter, men – den står høyt på listen blant sommerfugler når det gjelder ernæring! Det kan være så mye som 10 sommerfugler der – samtidig – og de er der mesteparten av dagen. Mitt eneste problem er at det kan være litt vanskelig å komme til uten å tråkke ned andre planter, og det skal man naturligvis ikke! Men med et teleobjektiv har det vært mulig å få noen interessante bilder som jeg bringer dere her:
My neighbour has gotten a plant in his garden! And please don’t ask me its name, but it seemingly ranks pretty high with butterflies when it comes to nutrition! At times there may be as many as 10 different butterflies simultanously buzzing around it! And they will remain there most of the day!
My only problem is that it’s a bit akward to get in an optimum position without trampling other plants; something one sshould absolutely avoid! But with the help from a zoom lense, I’ve been able to shoot some pictures I hope you find of some interest?
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‘Dagpåfugløyet’ er jo egentlig ganske utrolig flott dekorert, men i et blomsterbed med blomster i alle farger, så virker dette fargesprakende utseendet utrolig nok som en flott kamuflasje. For å vise dere disse flotte fargene best mulig, ble det nødvendig å åpne blenderen litt mer enn jeg burde, og dermed ble ‘sitronsommerfuglen’ (som egentlig er gulgrønn) på baksiden av blomsten ganske hvit!
‘Dagpaafugloeyet’ is actually very nicely decorated with beautiful colors, but within a flowerbed with flowers in different colors all ovfer the place, it becomes a very good camouflage! In order to show you these colors in the best possible way, I was forced to open my aperture a bit more than usual, which in turn maade the ‘lemon butterfly’ ( which is actually a greenish yellow) in the back of the flowers pretty much white!
‘Sitronsommerfuglen’ var litt av en ‘linselus’ og ville selvsagt være med på noen bilder.
Vi starter med et ‘passfoto’, dvs. et portrett rett forfra?
The ‘lemon butterfly’ was eager to participate and came crawling in to be a part of this photo session. We start off with a ‘passport photo’; i.e. a portrait front faced.
Og øverst oppe på klasen fant han selvsagt en blomst som fortsatt hadde noen dråper med nectar i bunnen.
And at the very top, of course, he found a flower with a few drops of nectar left in the bottom.
‘Dagpåfugløyet’ ser også ut til å ha noen dråper igjen før han ser seg ut en ny blomst?
Legg forøvrig merke til ‘pelsen’ som beskytter disse insektene mot morgenkulden.
‘Dagpaafugloeyet’ also looks to have a few drops of nectar left befor he needs to find another source. Please notice the ‘fur-like’ appearance; hairs that protect these frail insects against the morning cold.
Åh, ja, her er han jammen igjen! Noen liker seg bedre enn andre i rampelyset, men det gir oss jo anledning til å fastslå den korrekte fargen på en sitronsommerfugl?!
Aw, here he is again! All I can say is that som thrive better in the spotlight than others!
And besides it gives us the opportunity to determine the correct color of a ‘lemon butterfly’!
Den skarpe observatør vil ha oppdaget at vi har besøk av enda et underlig vesen på de to siste bildene? Hva skal jeg tro? Kan UFO’er opptre i så beskjeden størrelse? Insekt i kamuflasjedrakt? Det flyr jo? I alle fall ser jeg ingen forbindelse med omkringliggende kvister eller blomster? Kan min gamle bestemor ha antatt slik for og farge i sitt etterliv?
Er det noen der uten som kan komme opp med en fornuftig forklaring?
The sharp obsaerver will have noticed that we have another visitor on both two last pictures? So what am I to believe? May an UFO appear in a size like this?
An insect in a camouflage suit? ‘Cause it does seem to fly? At least I cannot find any connections to surrounding twigs or flowers? Is it possible that my old wrinkled gradmother may take on a shape like this in her ‘afterlife’?
Is there anybody out there that might venture a reasonable explanation?
Og et tredje bilde. UFO’en er fortsatt der, men – her ser det ut til at det ene ‘beinet’ (godt synlig i det første bildet) er tilbake på plass, men – kameraet lyver ikke. Dette er bilde nr 5340 og det første har nr 5337. Jeg har sjekket, og alle 3 bildene er tatt innenfor det samme minuttet, hvilket sskulle indikere at ‘objektet’ er i bevegelse?
And a 3rd picture! The ‘UFO’ is still there, but here it seems that the ‘leg’ clearly visible in the first picture of the three, is back, but – cameras don’t lie. This picture is no 5340 and the firs was numbered 5337. I’ve checked my files, and all three pictures has been shot within the span of a minute, which would indicate that the object is somehow moving?
Den satt ganske rolig og gjorde ingen paniske bevegelser, men- på bildet ser man tydelig en silketråd fra en liten edderkopp som forsvinner inn under magen på denne sommerfuglen? Så er dette bare en praktfull liten sommerfugl, eller er det middagen til en eller annen?
It sat rather quietly and didn’t seem to be in panic in any way, but in my picture you may clearly se a strand of spider thread disappearing underneath the belly of this butterfly?
So is this a magnificent butterfly, or is it sombodys dinner?
Artig liten kar når man kan studere detaljer?
Funny little guy when you have the time to study details?
Dette er også en ‘dagpåfugløye’, men når den holder vingene opp, og særlig om den sitter i skyggen av løvverk, så er den nesten umulig å se!
This is also a ‘Dagpaafugloeye’, but holding its wings upright, and especially in the shadows of foilage, it’s next to ipossible to detect.
Og til slutt en neslesommerfugl som også stakk innom.
And at last a nettle butterfly that also paid us a short visit.
Ja, jeg vet. Lut lei sommerfugler?! Da skal jeg ikke plage dere mer med det idag. Men nå er det ikke så lenge før de alle er borte for minst et halvår . . .
Yes, I know! You’re fed up with butterflies?! Then I won’t be tormenting you with any more today, but remember: The time when there are none for at least 6 months draws quickly closer . . .
(Compliments of SRB)
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Beautiful photographs!
Thank you, Belinda! (And welcome to my blog!)
Hi, Sue,
That’s OK! You’re in good company, I think? You know, with close to a thousand followers I ought to be prette busy, don’t you think? But I’m not! It doesn’t quite ad up to me? So last week I kind of ejected 250 people I’ve heard nothing from since registry. You’d think I’d get less respons, right?
In fact, I got twice as much! And a lot moree time to take care of those that did really meet up to the challenge. So perhaps I’d ought to duplicate the effort in a few weeks? 🙂
No use carrying ‘dead weight’!
I think the UFO is a part of the petal from the flower head 🙂 just came by to take another look a curiosity got the better of me.. 🙂
I thought so too, but the problem is that there’s no connection in any direction and – that object exists in more or less the same position (but not quite) on three different pictures in a row! Looks a bit like a miniatyre issue of Snoopy Dog in a pilot suit?
Haha.. Like that discription of Snoopy Dog.. strange.. Maybe its a Fairy is disguise 🙂
But it does llook like ‘Snoppy Dog’ with his pilot goggles!!!
And he is living ‘his own life’, isn’t he . . .? 🙂
haha.. yes
So beautiful 🙂 xxx Have a perfect day
Thank you, Sue! DId you ponder my ‘flying object’?
To be honest my friend no.. as I have been commenting from the reader this morning as I have had a few probs being spammed.. So dare not visit blog posts direct.. Until I got the all clear .. I will try to return my friend later this evening and have a closer Look my friend 🙂