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Nose landing

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There is always one particiular butterfly species that becomes the highlight of my trip to The Butterfly Estates in Downtown Fort Myers. Today was no exception. For a very brief moment, a white peacock landed on my nose before flying to a nearby leaf. Yep, Sweetbutterfly Bliss moment once again. Today was the day I wish someone was with me to capture that special moment.

I love the pattern of the white peacock and the bright color antennal clubs. This butterfly is among the easiest to photograph, in my opinion, as it is not skittish when you come close and it basks with its wings open more times than not.

I recently added its host plant, frogfruit, to the garden late last year. It can be seen year round in Florida and has a wingspan of 35-60 mm.

I hope it will begin its life cycle in our garden soon. I have witnessed it in the garden once.

A new butterfly

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A new visitor has made its way to our butterfly garden, a white peacock butterfly. The wingspan is 2 to 2 3/4 inches.

The life cycle ranges anywhere from six to 20 days.

This butterfly’s host plant is water hyssop and frogfruit. The eggs can take up to 14 days to hatch and are a pale yellow in color.

This beauty enjoys basking in the sun with its wings wide open, which is exactly what this one was doing on a variety of plants in the garden.

This butterfly gets its name from the large “eye spots” on the wings that resemble peacock feathers.

Once it was soaking up the sun it was not bothered by me inching a little closer to capture its beauty. I sure hope it becomes a regular.

White peacock butterfly

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There were an abundance of white peacock butterflies fluttering in every direction during a morning outing with my family at a mini golf course this morning. I love the coloring on this butterfly, the mixture of white, brown and orange sure catches your eye. It’s wing span is 1.75″ and is part of the brushfoots family. The white peacock uses such plants as lippia and water hyssop to lay its eggs. It’s a butterfly that can be seen all year in south Florida.