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Mira

(22,380 posts) Mon Oct 1, 2012, 02:52 PM Oct 2012

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

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

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There is an island in the Lake of Constance called "Die Mainau" - meet some inhabitants (Original Post) Mira Oct 2012 OP

OMG! Wonderful! Whovian Oct 2012 #1

This could be the third buttefly alfredo Oct 2012 #4

a treat, indeed handmade34 Oct 2012 #2

I think it is a glass wing butterfly. alfredo Oct 2012 #5

Wonderful! Solly Mack Oct 2012 #3

awwwwwwww :) BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2012 #6

Wow! bluedigger Oct 2012 #7

I looked that up on google map zeemike Oct 2012 #8

WOW!, so glad I checked it Celebration Oct 2012 #9

AWWW. You made my day. I see Mira Oct 2012 #11

Oh Mira! Dalai_1 Oct 2012 #10

Wow - beautiful butterflies!! BuddhaGirl Oct 2012 #12

Those are great photos nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #13

Whovian

(2,866 posts)

1. OMG! Wonderful!

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 05:19 PM

Oct 2012

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

(60,071 posts)

4. This could be the third buttefly

Reply to Whovian (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 11:49 AM

Oct 2012

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

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

2. a treat, indeed

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 05:27 PM

Oct 2012

love the transparent wings!

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

5. I think it is a glass wing butterfly.

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 12:08 PM

Oct 2012

Solly Mack

(90,765 posts)

3. Wonderful!

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2012, 09:28 PM

Oct 2012

Lovely bugs!

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

6. awwwwwwww :)

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 01:45 PM

Oct 2012

so cute

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)

7. Wow!

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 04:22 PM

Oct 2012

Those are great!

zeemike

(18,998 posts)

8. I looked that up on google map

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:40 PM

Oct 2012

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

Celebration

(15,812 posts)

9. WOW!, so glad I checked it

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 10:56 PM

Oct 2012

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.