Blooming butterflies

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A butterfly perched on a leaf. The photo is a close up showing it's dark eyes, yellow fuzzy face, proboscis, legs, and wingtips.

A few shots from this year’s Blooming Butterflies at Olbrich Gardens. Above is a giant swallowtail.

A dark orange butterfly with black stripes and white spots, hanging upside down, getting nectar from a purple flower.

Next a queen and a zebra butterflies

A small black butterfly with yellow stripes, perched on a group of small purple flowers.

A bright orange butterfly with dark stripes perched on some leaves.

Finally, there’s a Julia butterfly above, and monarch and malachite butterflies below.

Two butterflies getting nectar from a group of purple flowers.