A few years ago, after reading that milkweed attracts butterflies to a garden, I decided to let this self-seeding weed grow in our yard.
I now have quite a few of these tall plants...
I've seen a few butterflies, too... And I've tried to photograph them. But they flutter off when I bring my camera near...
I thought this blob of orange in the middle of the picture might be one with its wings folded closed... But maybe it's a plant!
Between the time I spot the butterfly, and snap its picture - it moves...
(Which is why I've managed only to catch its thin black legs in the bottom right of this photo!!)
I have new respect for those butterfly photographers who are able to take wonderful pictures of them with wings outspread...
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How do they do it?!)
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