Lately we have been graced with these beautiful visitors. They like the persimmons from the persimmon tree in the front of our home. They are so pretty. We looked them up and found them to be red-spotted purple butterflies; now why didn’t I think of that. 🙂

If you look closely (click image to see larger) you can see its long tongue (proboscis) inserted into the persimmon.

Unfortunately because they are easy targets for the cat, we find quite a few that are no longer able to fly because their wings are tattered.

This butterfly we actually found last month. It is either a tiger swallowtail or a spicebush swallowtail.

The kids wanted to catch one, but when they did they injured it. They were very careful too because they knew if they dusted it, it would make it lame. Unfortunately, that is what happened. We looked up the ‘dust of butterflies‘ and found out that they are actually scales, how interesting. We decided it was best we just admire them with our eyes.

Blessings,