Little Butterflies

Male clouded sulphur butterfly
Male clouded sulphur butterfly

I often see cabbage butterflies on my walks, and I did indeed see several this particular walk. Cabbage butterflies can be white or yellow, but their yellow is a pale, soft yellow and these little ones were bright yellow so I knew this butterfly was different from the usual. It’s a clouded sulphur, the first I’ve been able to photograph ever, and it took enormous patience for these energetic fluttering bits to settle down long enough to get a clear photo.

Below is a photo of a male cabbage white butterfly enjoying some blue salvia, a favorite of theirs. Males have one dot on each wing when wings are fully outstretched.

Male cabbage white butterfly on salvia
Male cabbage white butterfly on salvia

Here is a female in a photo I’ve already included, but it’s still as beautiful.

Cabbage White and Asters
Cabbage White and Asters

And one more cabbage white, enjoying the sweet asters.

Male cabbage white butterfly.
Male cabbage white butterfly.

I took a walk down to Main Street, ostensibly to run errands to the Post Office, pharmacy and store, but I also had my DSLR and all my lenses and filters with me and took a few gigabytes of photos along the way. A perfect autumn afternoon is quite the inspiration, as was the fact that, three weeks past my hip replacement (why I haven’t posted regularly for a few months), I’m more than ready to take a walk! I couldn’t walk with my usual long strides and quick pace, but more like ambling along with my cane, but that was perfect for finding the details that moved me to inspiration along the way, some photographed as they are, some with a slightly different focus: flowers in others’ gardens, autumn leaf color, plantings in the parking lots, bees and butterflies, my favorite trees, and more.

I took many photos, and I’ll be sharing them over the next few days, in groups.

You can see more of my photos from other times I went “Walking Around” Carnegie on Portraits of Animals.

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