I have always wanted to collect specimens of butterflies but simply don't have the heart to kill these perfect little jewels. (A couple of pictures are of moths and not butterflies)

Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for clipping these, michelle. I tried to choose a favorite, but couldn't...all of the above!

All OF EM ARENt PREtty..BUt yOU SHOUlD CHECK My CliPPERS OUt tHEY ARE AWESOME FoRREAl

iMEANt tO SAy NiCE CliPPER

Very nice collection!

Thank you ever so much, Alan. They are beautiful. So sweet of you to think of me. I've downloaded the lot and am using one as a wallpaper right now - too beautiful for words.

Weeeeeee...look what I found at youtube. Hope you can see it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dri8z1NzjH8&NR=1

Wow! Magnificent find, Dorine. I wish I could freeze-frame and copy them! I particularly love the little glass-winged butterflies. What a delight to watch. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

You're so welcome! There are more listed on that page. Enjoy!

Thank you michelle, alan, and dorine. Nothing in
this world can rival the splendor of nature.
Thanks for sharing your appreciation of the creations
we all love

Absolutely fantastic links Alan. I had missed that clip of Coconut's so I'm so grateful for the link. It's such a delicate and exquisite little creature. I love the enlarged photo. Really chuffed to have seen these. Thank you so very much.

My daughter and I loved looking at these, Michelle. She loves the Blue Morpho.

Alan, that glasswing photo is amazing. They really do look like stained glass.

Thank you, Alan, for enquiring about my dad. He's made a remarkably good recovery, was spoiled rotten by all, and is now full of cheek. (I'll have to beat him back into submission ) He is so dearly loved by his family and I think this went a long way in aiding his recovery.

Yes, I gleaned from her email that Deb was a little fatigued. However, she also intimated that as it's spring she will be spending more time outdoors and therefore have less time on the internet. She said she'd be back into the full swing of things by August.

She'd irrepressible and you can't keep a good Deb down for long and no doubt she'll burst back full of vim and vigour.

So nice to chat with you again, Alan. and a hug.