eastern comma butterfly feeding from common milkweed

was able to capture this beautiful Eastern Comma butterfly feeding from the milkweed flowers in our main milkweed patch. it gives a close up view of how it holds on, moves, and feeds. the wind is blowing quite fiercely at times and yet somehow it hangs on. during the latter part of the video many times it folds its wings so that you can see the underside - which are such an amazing camouflage of a brown leaf. many other insects pollinate this flower with the butterfly & I always find it amazing how each bloom is like it's own little world.

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Gotta love the small bees and flies, and the ants, also taking advantage of the banquet. But unbelievable that the comma stayed there long enough to be recorded at such length!

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I was so lucky! I have this big patch of milkweed now - counted 60+ plants this year (it grows a little each year of its own accord) - and now I can just sit there and hang out until something shows up. I have seen something new every single day since they've bloomed!