Monday, June 20, 2011

Beautiful Butterflies!!!!!

While we were in Lancaster on our balloon adventure, we decided to hop over to Hershey, Pa. and revisit the butterfly house inside the Hershey Gardens. I thought the pictures would be better, crisper. Perhaps I need a macro lens....(hint, hint) good thing the hubs reads the blog!!!!!


Julia Heliconian


Soldier (left), Common Buckeye (right0!!!!


Great Southern White!!!!!!


Julia Heliconian (front), White Peacock (back)........


Soldier!!!!!


Monarch!!!!


Spicebush Yellowtail


Painted Lady !!!!


Zebra Longwing


Erato Heliconian

17 comments:

Ruth Hiebert said...

WOW!!! I would love to spend time at this place.The camera would be kept busy.

Bev said...

What beautiful shots!

Bonnie said...

Amazing! I love butterflies. Aren't they the happiest site!

TexWisGirl said...

oh, even without a macro lens, you did great! er, sorry, i mean, uh, you DEFINITELY need a dedicated macro lens, my dear!... :)

Farm Girl said...

I am so impressed you knew the names to all of those butterfly's I just know maybe two. :)
I think your pictures are great!

Susan said...

Stunning beauty - there's something so delicate about butterflies. What a great place to visit. Aren't their names so nice too!
Your photos are lovely.
On reflection, it seems to me ;-) that , of course, a girl wouldn't refuse a macro now if one just happened to appear, would she :D)

Tammy said...

Great shots! I love the upside down pose of that first one.

Leontien said...

Great pictures and great butterflies!!!

Thanks
Leontien

Lisa Gordon said...

What beautiful photographs these are Debbie.
So many wonderful colors!

LBB said...

I love these butterfly shots! Beautiful!!

Dawn said...

These are incredible!!! Love your captures...and oh how I want to go to Lancaster. It's on my bucket list....

Anonymous said...

These are gorgeous photos, Debbie!

Oh how I would love to visit a butterfly house!

stardust said...

Beautiful butterflies, beautiful photos! I’ve thought butterflies hold their wings vertically while resting. However, most of their wings are flat except some. Thank you for this input, Debbie. Have a terrific week!

Adrienne said...

I always think it's amazing how many different kinds of everything there are. Each species, so much variety! I think the zebra was my fave cause I've never seen one before!

Bonnie K said...

I see you enjoyed the view from my porch, so I thought I would wander over to your house. Such beautiful photos! I'm so impressed with your patience! Great posts. Funny story above about the trespassing. Thanks for stopping by.

Buttons Thoughts said...

Beautiful just beautiful. B

Laura said...

so much beauty!