These pretty lilac colored flowers caught my eye at the edge of a pond; a Skipper was attracted to them, too.
The Skipper gave up the seed head for an adjacent cluster of flowers.
Where he seemed to be quite satisfied.
Skipper on Purple Wildflowers
These are lovely and unique, very nice Ellen! That last shot of the ‘tongue’ curled up is awesome, looks great in the header too. 🙂
Thanks, Donna! It’s neat to catch them doing that. I didn’t realize how pretty the flowers were until processing the images.
Gorgeous flowers! and the tongue photos in both curled-up and feeding form are so interesting to see.
That lilac-purple was really something! Another amazing thing that a butterfly stays alive by feeding that way–practically an all day activity to stay fed.