Today's Butterfly

 More backyard butterfly photos, taken today from 10:40 to 10:49 AM.

This is a giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes). They constantly flutter their wings creating a strobing effect. I didn't get too meticulous about my editing routine, so there might be a certain level of redundancy here but these were all images I liked from one degree to another. Quite honestly, I’ve had enough time sitting at my desk.

It's a very warm and very humid day in SoCal, It was 97º and 25% relative humidity when I took these images. I don't find that very comfortable but the butterfly was delightful. Flowers are butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) and Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). Background flowers are bougainvillea and plumbago. This is the same butterfly I posted here, from August 9th. It’s a little more battle scarred now but still beautiful.