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Today we’re getting up close and personal with the butterflies inside the M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE! exhibit. This is a species you may have not seen before. The red rimmed butterfly (Bibles hyperica) is native to Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies. M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE! is open through October 14. . . . . . . #lewisginter #bflies #redrim #butterfly #pollinators #red (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1t6__AJZOF/?igshid=1piz9ka8xtlgg

I'm going on vacation! I will be out of town until the last week in August. But, while I am away from my studio I'll be featuring awesome insect posts from fellow bug lovers! So, send me your insect photos or videos and I might feature you. 🦋 . Photo: @butterflybabegallery . Love & Bugs - Sarah . #nature #witch #white #wicca #pagan #spirit #animal #animals #butterfly #art #photo #photography #wanderlust #wildlife #darkart #energy #goodluck #gypsy #freespirit #bohemian #freespirit #nikon #nikonphotography #goth #black #halloween #earth #bflies #virginia

Now here’s something you don’t see every day: Monarchs mating on a river birch tree. When you come to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, go slowly and look with a keen eye to see all the small wonders of nature. Hopefully we’ll be seeing some monarch cats very soon! . . . . . . #rva #monarchs #monarchsmating #pollinators #bflies #bfly #butterflies #rvagardentrail (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B06Cz3hJW10/?igshid=daaohspn23y2

Typically Queen butterflies (Danaus gilippus) are a bright orange color. This queen has a very rare form of leucism and has no color pigment at all! Visit this weekend and see if you can find our new greyscale butterfly! Image by Tom Hennessy #RVA #Bflies #butterflies #gray #grayscale #butterflies #danaus

Thanks to M&T Bank for sponsoring Butterflies LIVE! Did you know that since the exhibit opened we’ve released 2,400 butterflies into the exhibit? That doesn’t count the 500 we released opening week. #butterflies #bflies #rva (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)

The Mexican Kite Swallowtail's wings are translucent at the edges & turn opaque near the body! Come see this & all the other new butterflies we will release into the exhibit at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. today! #Eurytidesepidaus #Butterflies #Bflies

Fringe benefits of wearing flowers to the M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE! exhibit! #butterflies #butterfliesofinstagram #bflies. #morpho #bluemorpho #visitrichmond #rva #va (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)

These lovely paper kites (Idea leuconoe) are enjoying a delicious breakfast of nectar from a flowering almond in the Butterflies LIVE! exhibit. Image by butterfly curator Daniel Wright. #Butterflies #bflies #Idealeuconoe #ButterfliesLIVE #latergram (at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden)