Spring is approaching, the sunny and hot days are getting closer and closer, and the insects know it these past days I was able to capture a beautiful butterfly Marpesia petreus commonly called Reddish dagger-winged butterfly

^{La primavera se acerca, los dias soleados y calurosos cada vez estan más próximos, y los insectos lo saben estos dias pasados pude captar una linda mariposa Marpesia petreus comunmente llamada Mariposa alas de daga rojiza}

Her was among the plants in my garden waiting to find some water, although sometimes it would perch on the ground to be able to absorb the minerals they need.

^{Estaba entre las plantas de mi jardin esperando poder encontrar algo de agua, aunque en ocasiones se posaba en el suelo para poder absorver los minerales que necesitan.}

It is a large butterfly and its wings are colorful and have a very striking shape, it kept very still and agreed to perch on my daughter's hands, she liked the camera because on many occasions she looked towards the camera.

^{Es una mariposa de gran tamaño y sus alas son coloridas y tienen una forma muy llamativa, se mantuvo muy quieta y accedio a posarse en las manos de mi hija, le gustó la cámara pues en muchas ocasiones miraba hacia la cámara.}

Wherever it perched, it extended its tiny tongue to be able to savor the place it stepped on, on some occasions I managed to capture it in profile where you can see the shape, part of its skeleton that runs the length of the wings and the patterns that are printed on their long wings.

^{Donde sea que se posaba extendía su diminuta lengua para poder saborear el lugar que pisaba, en algunas ocasiones logré captarla de perfil donde se puede notar la forma de sus alas,parte de su esqueleto que recorre el largo de las mismas y los patrones que estan impresos en sus largas alas.}

A few minutes I left it on the leaves of a plant so that it could absorb the moisture that the plant had in its leaves, her went through them for a few seconds but without stopping paying attention to the camera although I took advantage of a few seconds that she turned her back to me to be able to take an aerial capture.

^{Algunos minutos la dejé en las hojas de una planta para que pudiera absorver la humedad que tenia la planta en sus hojas, las recorrio por unos segundos pero sin dejar de poner atención a la cámara aunque aproveche unos segundos que ella me dio la espalda para poder tomarle una captura aérea.}

It was curious that she did not refuse to climb onto my son's hands, because every time she brought her finger close to her it would go up, after a few long minutes of letting us look at her she would start flapping, I was able take some pictures of her on a wall where on one of those occasions it landed, I liked the contrast it acquires with its color and the gray color of the wall.

^{Fue algo curioso que no se negara a subirse a las manos de mi hijo, pues cada vez que le acercaba su dedo ella subia, después de unos largos minutos de dejarnos asmirarla comenzo a revolotear, pude hacerle unas tomas en una pared donde en una de esas ocasiones se posó, me gustó el contraste que adquiere con su color y el color gris de la pared.}

Before taking the flight, he gave us a moment again by perching on my son's finger, waited a few seconds and finally took flight.

^{Antes de emprender el vuelo nos volvio a regalar un momento posandose en el dedo de mi hijo, esperó unos segundos y finalmente emprendió el vuelo.}

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PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY ME, WITH MY LG Q60

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