A drive up Signal Hill down in Cape Town is honestly one of the greatest places (in my opinion) to view the gorgeous African sunsets over the city, however it is also just a great spot to view the city during the day.
One day we decided to head up there after a busy week to take a load off and I found "The bee tree"
More than bees though, this tree was inundated with the most Beautiful butterflies ever! I of course spent the longest time ever hunched over with my camera, photographing all the pretty insects. 🦋
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty!
- Maya Angelou
I don't know much about the names of most species but I after a bit of research I believe these are generally called the "painted lady" or "Vanessa cardui" for the scientific people and they are apparently quite common butterflies.
A little interesting fact about these guys is Painted lady butterflies can fly more than 160km each day while they are migrating. Those little wings work hard!!
I find it so fascinating how incredible nature is, look at the beautiful contrast between the orange wings of these little guys and the purple flowers.
They also apparently love thistles.
Be like a butterfly and a flower - beautiful and sought after, yet unassuming and gentle! -Jarod Knitz
These gentle little creatures always bring me much joy and just sitting watching them flutter from flower to flower brings so much peace. It reminds you to slow down in life and enjoy the little things, smell the pretty flowers, sit and watch the butterflies and enjoy bumble bees buzzing around.
Hopefully these photos I captured bring you all as much joy and peace as they brought to me the time that I took them!
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It's always lovely to see pictures of butterflies and these are so cute, I loved them!