{"id":1761,"date":"2012-06-23T08:29:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T12:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2012-06-23T08:29:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T12:29:36","slug":"butterfly-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=1761","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly, Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Phriday (6\/22) found me at the Botanical Gardens once again, but this time in their Butterfly House:<\/p>\n<p>They have 16 native types of butterflies that are raised through their entire life cycle. Egg, caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly, repeat<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/butterflybutterfly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1762\" title=\"butterflybutterfly\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/butterflybutterfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/butterflybutterfly.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/butterflybutterfly-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is known as a Pipevine Swallowtail. Vibrant, colourful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1763\" title=\"bb2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The more traditional &#8220;Monarch&#8221; butterfly, quite common in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1765\" title=\"bb4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Known as the &#8220;Common Buckeye&#8221; butterfly, I could see how this could be mistaken for a moth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1764\" title=\"bb3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bb3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll leave the butterfly house with another view of the Pipevine Swallowtail.<\/p>\n<p>It was a great day to photograph, even though the temperatures were in excess of 100F, and it was quite humid.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1761-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/abb.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/abb.mp3\">https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/abb.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Silver Blue, who is going to miss Photo Phridays once the summer is over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Phriday (6\/22) found me at the Botanical Gardens once again, but this time in their Butterfly House: They have 16 native types of butterflies that are raised through their entire life cycle. Egg, caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly, repeat This is known as a Pipevine Swallowtail. Vibrant, colourful. 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