Insects
Echinacea - Lots of Visitors
Not only butterflies but also bees and bumblebees:
And a peacock butterfly is joining them:
And this is also the solution of the first riddle.
Echinacea - Small Brown Butterfly
Here we have another visitor for you to guess:
and from the side:
Echinacea - Small Tortoiseshell Visiting
One of the butterflies visiting the cone flower is the small tortoiseshell. Here a few photos with different positions of the wings:
Echinacea - Butterfly Visiting
And another butterfly visiting the cone flower:
Echinacea - Walk on a Flower
And the butterfly continues exploring the flower....
Now it should be easier to identify it...
Echinacea - Nectar for the Butterflies and Bees
In the background a peacock butterfly... and in the foreground?
Echinacea - Food for Butterflies and Bees
Luckily, the insects spend a lot of time on the flowers of the Echinacea, so that there is a lot of time to take photos from all directions.
Do you have already an idea which butterfly is eating here?
Echinacea - another butterfly
Another butterfly visiting...
Which one is it this time? With the wings closed it's difficult to guess - but maybe you still have an idea?