It's still Sunday for much of the world! The color challenge tag seems to be Sundaypurple right now.
Purple does tie together some of my recent macro shots of butterflies and other small wonderful creatures.
A Pale Grass Blue butterfly drinks deep from a geranium blossom.
Its proboscis is fully uncoiled allowing the butterfly to drink the sweet nectar held deep within the blossom. I think it has lovely eyes as well!
CLICK on any image to ENLARGE it to see more details!
I'm not sure if this is a moth or butterfly, I'm leaning towards moth though. It displays an amazing pink colour even when the wings are closed as they are in this picture.
I really encourage you to enlarge the picture to see the detail on the antennae and wings!
A tiny black ant was also exploring the geraniums, it's quite small, can you spot it?
A little bolder it peers over the edge of the flower to see what lies on the other side:
I wonder what it experiences as it crawls on, in and around the sweet blossoms many times it's own size?
Not so much purple in these last two shots of but if you check the wing, there is a purple eye spot!
Again I urge you to enlarge the picture to see the detail of the coiled proboscis and the luxurious fur coat the butterfly has covering its body!
It must be interesting to be able to drink from a cup down at your feet as you stand watch for threats:
Thank you for taking time to view the post, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoy sharing the small beautiful details of our world!
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