Butterflies.

You caught these two "small cabbage white" in an intimate moment. Made a great photo...
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Thank you Udo. The first butterflies that have stayed still enough for a photo this year :-)

Superbe macro !
La prochaine génération est assurée :-)
Bonne journée. Amitiés

Yes indeed Madeleine :-)
Happy Thursday.
Regards.

Beautiful close-up Rosa.

Thank you Jaap.

They are mating for sure !

Thank you Isabel.

Superbe et beau rendu bien capturé avec cette magnifique lumière et joliment partagé.
Bonne et agréable journée salutaire.

Thank you very much Malik.
Happy Thursday.

A beautifully captured close-up, Rosa.

Thank you George.

A great pic, Rosalyn. Hope you didn´t disturb them :-)

Thank you Stephan. They weren't very happy with me!

Great picture, Rosa !

Thank you Ulrich.

An excellent close up of the loved up butterflies Rosa! Well spotted and captured. I can never get close enough to capture one, let alone two, - but maybe you had an advantage as they were a bit busy!

Thank you Carol. Yes, same for me, they are usually so quick....but on in this case!

wonderful!

Thank you Annemarie.

A very nice shot Rosa and thank you for posting to FFF.
I hope you are enjoying this heat !!!!
Please check my pics on FB - Dorset Past group.

Thank you very much Jeff.
I'm not enjoying this heat one little bit! Can't wait for it to get cooler ;-)
I have seen some of your pictures in the Dorset Past group on FB and they are very interesting. I will take another look later. I am also in the Bygone Dorset Group, which is really good.
Take care and keep cool!

A threat to cabbages !

Yes, if that's what they are. I'm not sure Pat.

A great capture Rosalyn, screens vary but they don't look white enough for Cabbage Whites but my interest is usually repelling them. A nice fresh breeze coming in about3 spots of rain earlier Good night

Thank you Peter. Take a look at the underwing of a small white, large white and cabbage white, and see what you think. I feel that it is a large white now!! No rain here yet and still very hot. At least there is a soft breeze today.

Curioso, estas mariposas son respetuosas con la naturaleza, cumplen su ciclo y además se aparean entre las de su misma especie; es decir, no lo hacen ni siquiera con una “monarca”. Es la manera de mantener la pureza de la especie con toda su carga genética. Enhorabuena

They are indeed. They didn't appreciate me being so close though.
Have a good day Jose Manuel.

TREAD LIGHTLY LITTLE ONE

Thank you Pam.

Wonderful picture.
Happy weekend.

Thank you very much.
Wishing you a good weekend also.

Soon to be 100s of cabbage whites, Rosa. Beware all brassicas. ;-)

Yes they are a problem Amelia. I'm not sure that it is a cabbage white. It may be a large white. It's difficult to tell with their underwing colours.

Hi Rosa
I like this picture very much!
It is a very different and exciting composition to see two butterflies 'doing it'
You did well to notice and get such a nice photo of them!
Best Wishes, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter

Hi Peter,
I am pleased you like this one. It's the only time they are still enough for me to get a picture! They did not appreciate my interruption though.
Take care and have a good weekend.
Rosa.

Wonderful macro!

Thank you very much Micritter.

Lovely interaction between the two butterflies, Rosa. Cheers, Joe

I am pleased you think so Joe.
Cheers, Rosa.