BUTTERFLIES

Butterflies are a beautiful sight especially using available light.

When touring the Butterfly Pavilion at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, you have to look carefully to find all of the butterflies hiding in the foliage. Can you find them in these pictures?

The Butterfly Pavilion at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY boasts hundreds of butterfly species. Here are a couple of the black-colored butterflies I found on my latest visit.

Beautiful close-up photos of Swallowtail and Snowberry Clearwing butterflies visiting a "butterfly bush" and fluttering through Georgia in early September, 2010

Butterflies, butterflies, butterflies

A surprising sight on our visit to the woods, my family and I stumbled upon wild milk thistle that was attracting butterflies from all over the forest. Read more about it here: http://thelandofanoz.blogspot.com/2010/09/butterflies.html

Some pics of the colorful wildflowers in our yard, and a couple of butterflies that stopped for some sweet nectar.

Gardens are always better when they have butterflies. This slideshow shows butterflies on Dianthus and Echinacea.

Trying to show you butterflies.

Photographs of Butterflies from Kerala, South India

If you love butterflies you will enjoy looking at these high quality images by photographer Thad Zajdowicz. These are royalty free stock images from stock.xchng.com.

During my recent visit to Tropical Butterfly House,Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA I could caputure one of the most beautiful creations of nature, Butterflies.

These butterflies have visited my yard over the past two summers.

Experience relaxing and exciting views at the Blooms and Butterflies display at the Franklin Park Conservatory.

I made and decorated this wedding cake as a gift for a very special couple. The challenge was to choose a cake with nature elements that included real wood, sunflowers and the color yellow, which were all favorites of the bride.

The Butterfly House in St. Louis is a great destination any time of year if you want to see many unusual and tropical butterflies. Their specialty is Blue Morpho butterflies, which are popular due to their bright irridescent blue wings.

Based on a haiku by member Kristen Wilkerson, Cross Stitch an inspirational message of hope with butterflies in 14 count aida cloth. Size is 3.57 inches by 4.57 inches. and will fit a 4x6 frame

The Butterfly House offers an up close and personal experience to see a variety of butterflies in a beautiful setting.

Pictures of the butterfly palace, where live butterflies live and grow year 'round. You can enter a huge tropical jungle garden filled with live flying butterflies, explore exotic creatures, and shop at a unique gifts shop.

A carved egg that has butterflies emerging from a goose egg.

Sedum comes in all sizes, shapes, and colors. In the Fall the sedum blooming in my garden attracts monarch butterflies, bumblesbees, and more. An assortment of butterflies and bees feast on the pretty pink blooms.

Photos of the Butterflies Alive! exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

There are at least 3,000 (if not more!) different butterflies on display inside the Ripley's Believe it or Not museum at Branson, Missouri. Here are only a FEW pictures of the numerous displays!

A few pictures of a Monarch Butterfly we took care of before letting it go into the world.

The summer is coming. Enjoy all the colors in the nagure. Colorful flowers and butterflies.

Do you think insects are beautiful?

Looking for creative ideas? Take a look at these eco-friendly projects to do at home, school, or VBS: a caterpillar and butterflies made from egg cartons, a grass creature in a cup, and place mats assembled from garden catalogs.

Slideshow with large photos of natural life in hot summer. Photos were taken in Eastern Europe.

Butterfly bushes are large and quickly. Short on work, but long on blooming beauty, these great bushes attract hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. I planted where I needed to place lattice work under a deck. You will love them.

Unbelievable pictures I captured of the Everglades. Amazing birds, Alligators, and butterflies.