There is an island in the Lake of Constance called "Die Mainau" - meet some inhabitants

[Mira]

For reasons nobody really knows the climate on this island is quite tropical and the family that owns it has turned it into a garden paradise.


I will show more of the island, but first some German butterflies and a bee

[Whovian]

1. OMG! Wonderful!

I believe the last two butterflies are also indigenous to America, one is a buckeye(?) and the other with the silver is a name I cannot recall from my childhood collection days.

[alfredo]

4. This could be the third buttefly

http://faschismus.tk/butterflies7.html Thank you google

[handmade34]

2. a treat, indeed

love the transparent wings!

[alfredo]

5. I think it is a glass wing butterfly.

[Solly Mack]

3. Wonderful!

Lovely bugs!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. awwwwwwww :)

so cute

[bluedigger]

7. Wow!

Those are great!

[zeemike]

8. I looked that up on google map

that place is fantastic...thanks for sharing that with us.

[Celebration]

9. WOW!, so glad I checked it

Mira, these are wonderful. I'm out of town now and so glad I saw these. You did an amazing job with these photos. Some of the best butterfly shots I have seen.

[Mira]

11. AWWW. You made my day. I see

flaws in the shots - but I came away with some to show effort for all that stalking.

[Dalai_1]

10. Oh Mira!

What gorgeous photographs and great photography!
Thank you for posting these!

[BuddhaGirl]

12. Wow - beautiful butterflies!!

Thank you for sharing!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Those are great photos