I was visiting Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC, looking to photograph the fall flowers.
A butterfly bush (yes that is its name) caught my attention
as the skippers, cabbage and sulfur butterflies flitted about…
and a single, glowing, male monarch butterfly.
Oh, wow, I thought that all of them had already left for Mexico, their winter home.
Male pipevine swallowtail butterfly on button bush blossom.
Iridescence personified.
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this bright beetle is also known as the multicolored Asian ladybug
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