Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly on Lavender
Weekly favourite photo - 13/04/2025
This weeks ‘Favourite Photo’ is of a small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) feeding on lavender flowers in a Yorkshire garden. I use this one as wallpaper on my computer.
I love the colour and smell of lavender, and grow some each year in my own garden.
I took this photo several years ago, and it always makes me think of the carefree summer days of childhood. I grew up in a house with a spacious cottage-style garden, and used to love watching bees and butterflies flitting among the flowers.
If only life could be so carefree now……
Technical Information
Camera: Olympus E-M10 MarkII
Lens: Olympus 14-150mm
Aperture: f6.3
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
ISO: 320
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Lovely image Angie, my mum grew a lot of lavender so it certainly evokes childhood memories for me too.
so lovely!!