Butterflies

[BlueLioness]

I bought a field guide on butterflies and the photos were really huge. Then I went walking the other day and I saw a butterfly dead on the ground with ants eating its dead body (gross, I know) and I picked it up and I was dissappointed at how small it really was. Its wings were pink and brown. I took it home and added it to my collection. Then I remember scolding myself and thinking, Jacqueline, why on earth did you think that butterflies would be as big as they were in the book you bought?

:o

Out in our garden we mostly get these small white butterflies, I wanted more variety, but the second kind I keep seeing is black and it looks like the night sky but it hardly appears to me at all.

I guess I'm bothered by how tiny butterflies really are. I thought they'd be bigger, but I can fit most of them in my hand.

 

[RCF]

Several of them are actually pretty big. I have seen several forms of butterflies from tropical regions can actually grow to be the size of saucers and small plates. In the U.S., I have seen several species that would pretty much cover up the average person's hand.

Keep looking, and you will find the big fellas.

RCF