plain tiger

a very abundant butterfly in the marshes of Alicante, Spain. What a gorgeous butterfly! www.birdwatchingspain.net

guess my panic about the lack of butterflies and specially those in my garden was uncalled for. they are back as usual also several swallowtails, painted ladies and those green ones which i am dying to get a picture of. these two were trying to hold tight on those flowers in that very very...

until now this is the only type of butterflies am able to get shots of the other are just too hyper for me. Hope you like it.

above 40 C until about 2:00 pm then the wind direction changed that Eastern full of dust has stopped and instead a very nice air from the North came and so many butterflies came out, this made me get my Sigma 70-200mm macro lens out and spend the afternoon in the garden. Hope you like it.

the butterflies are so happy and active and don't seem to be affected by that dreadful sand storm. i can take every inconvince possible from dusty weather but to have another bird less day is too much. tomorrows forecast say it will be clear, Thank God. Hope you like this belly job.

for both the Bougainvillea and these African monarchs. there are about 12 of them enjoying the thousands of flowers on the Bougainvillea bush. Hope you like this blast of colors from my garden.

The Plain Tiger is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of about 7-8 cm. The body is black with many white spots. The wings are tawny the upperside being brighter and richer than the underside.