Today I saw a butterfly I don’t remember ever seeing before. It was happily feeding on Sedum flowers that are just opening now; it seemed unconcerned that it was sharing the nectar with several honey bees.
I think it is Lang’s Short-Tailed Blue, Syntarucus pirthous. Any better ideas please let me know!
What a beautiful discovery Christina
Beautiful, I’ve never seen one like that and I’ve still no butterflies on my sedum. Amelia
Beautiful butterfly. They don’t seem concerned by the bees do they, amazing.
I imagine that bees don’t sting butterflies so they just ignore each other. Christina
How pretty, I love those two little ‘eyes’ and spurs on the lower edge of its wing.
I have to admit it was impossible to differenciate betwwen the long tailed and the short tailed in the book I consulted. Christina
Such a beautiful butterfly, what a treat!