More Beautiful Butterfly Photos

This one just would not sit still for the photo session this morning, but I finally got him. I believe it is a Great Spangled Fritillary (as opposed to Aphrodite Fritillary) after consulting my big book o' butterflies. I could be very wrong, but we're going with Great Spangled. Either way, he looks good perched at the breakfast table.

Sad news: Yesterday I had a 'special' Monarch emerge. You know that cute kid in your neighborhood that didn't ride the bus with everyone else, but the little yellow one instead... Well, poor little thing had wings attached, but they were all wrong. Upside down and curled around where they were attached instead of straight and right side up. :(

He's still just hanging there. I don't have the heart to do what's right, but he's probably starving by now. If I put nectar near him, he'll just hang on in his misery of not being able to fly.