Feeding Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail -- Putah Creek, CA
Canon EOS Rebel T5i, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM, ISO: 2500, f/5.6, 1/1600s

Another of many swallowtail shots from Saturday.  This is one of dozens of pipvines that I saw on that drive through the hills around Lake Berryessa and Napa Valley.  The wings are blurred by movement.

Pipevine Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail -- Putah Creek, CA
Canon EOS Rebel T5i, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM, f/5.6, 1/2000s, ISO: 3200

Moving on to the next flower.

I saw dozens of these butterflies yesterday near Lake Berryessa and the Napa River.  I think I saw one to a couple of dozen on very stop I made over roughly thirty miles.  Crazy.

Anise Swallowtail

Anise Swallowtail -- Moss Landing, CA
Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

I can stare at butterfly pictures for a long time.  They are nature's masterpieces.  I'm agnostic with a hard lean toward atheism, but if someone wanted to convince me the world was artistically conceived by some higher power and used the butterfly as their first argument I just might be swayed.

Photo selection inspired by Geogypsy's Foto Friday Fun 137, image #9860.