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Beautiful Little Yellow 📷

(that's the actual name, not just a description lol)

One of the more challenging butterflies to photograph. They're small & extremely skittish. They prefer the tiny, weedy flowers in the lawn, which makes it difficult to get close without them fluttering away.

And they almost always perch on the underside of leaves or in thick foliage. Hard to get a good camera angle.

I spend ~ a lot ~ of time following them around, just waiting for an opportunity. 😂

Plant & butterfly info in alt-text.

#TexasGarden #butterfly #Lepidoptera #NaturePhotography

Profile view of a Little Yellow butterfly feeding from an extremely tiny yellow flower in my weedy lawn. The butterfly has off-white colored wings with pale yellow around the edges. Markings include a scattering of small, faint brown patches and tiny black spots. I believe the flower is Creeping Cinderella Weed. It is a native groundcover plant with tiny yellow flowers that are approximately 5-10mm in size.
The same Little Yellow butterfly perched underneath a large tropical-looking leaf. It is hanging upside down. Sunlight through the wings illuminates a darker triangular patch at the tip of the forewings. This is due to black markings on the dorsal side of the wings. It's extremely rare to see these butterflies flap their wings, and I've only ever caught a photo of the dorsal side once. The foliage is a Spiral Ginger plant.
#naturephotography #texasgarden #butterfly #lepidoptera

The peach tree is blooming!

Such lovely, delicate little flowers. The bees are thrilled. I took so many photos lol.

It feels way too early, but if I remember right, it flowered mid-February last year too. So I guess with the warming trend we seem to be having, this might be the new normal?

#TexasGarden #Zone9b #flowers #PeachBlossoms

A peach tree branch with a trio of pink blossoms. Further detail: the delicate flowers have pale pink petals and a cluster of dark pink filaments at the center. There are several unopened buds further down the branch beneath the flowers. New leaves are beginning to unfurl above the flowers at the tip of the branch.
A trio of peach blossoms at the tip of a slender branch. Further detail: this flower trio is a paler pink than the first photo. The petals are almost white around the edges. The flowers form a ring with their back to each other at the tip of the branch. Green leaves are protruding from the center of the cluster. The background is softly out of focus and includes more pink flowers, green leaves, and bare tree branches.
A single pale pink peach blossom at the tip of a branch. There is an unopened bud beneath it and a cluster of unfurling green leaves behind it. The background is out of focus. I took dozens of photos and it was hard to choose which to post, but this one captured my attention for its simple beauty.
#flowers #texasgarden #zone9b #peachblossoms

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