PHOTOGRAPHING BUTTERFLIES

Photographing Butterflies

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My favorite photo project: butterflies has been one of the best photography projects that I have undertaken. Waiting to photograph butterflies tested the limits of my patience but were well rewarded at the end. I made it a point to do so with the least expense, so I concentrated on local gardens, local nurseries, botanical gardens and my own backyard.

I had done some prior research to identify the best plants to attract butterflies and several species were readily available in my hometown of Miami Florida. One interesting plant was milkweed (Asclepias family) a hardy perennial. This particular garden plant is commonly available at many local nurseries and it is a favorite of monarch butterflies as well as other species and its seed pods are easily collected for future stocks. Both milkweeds and monarchs are common to most of the south but do your own research into plants and butterflies for your particular area of the country.

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