portrait of a butterfly on a flower

Last summer I planted a buddleia in my garden, solely to attract butterflies.  It is, after all, known as the "butterfly bush".

And not one visited.  Not a sausage.  Or a butterfly.

So, I moved it to a different spot that gets more morning sun and evening shade.  And the butterflies have flocked to it.  Well, that's not quite true.  At time of writing (17 July and on the middle of a heatwave) I've seen three - a red admiral, meadow brown and the subject of this week's post, a painted lady.

Here she / he / it is...

Olympus OM-D E-M1 mk 2, Olympus 100-400 f5-6.3 at 400mm
1/320th of a second at f6.3, ISO 200
handheld

Nikon Z6, Micro Nikkor 105mm f2.8G, Nikon FTZ adapter
1/125th if a second at f5.6, ISO 100
handheld

Keep an eye out for a video montage of more butterfly and moth images in the not too distant future.  Oh the anici.............pation.