{"id":435,"date":"2009-07-18T21:22:34","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T01:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2009-07-21T20:51:36","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T00:51:36","slug":"close-encounter-with-a-friendly-lepidoptera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/close-encounter-with-a-friendly-lepidoptera\/","title":{"rendered":"Close encounter with a friendly Lepidoptera"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/2009-07-butterflyfinger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/close-encounter-with-a-friendly-lepidoptera\/2009-07-butterflyfinger-s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/2009-07-butterflyfinger-s.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,190\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D80&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1247865684&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Friendly Lepidoptera\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Friendly Lepidoptera probes Dennis&amp;#8217; hand with probiscis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/2009-07-butterflyfinger-s.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-437\" title=\"Friendly Lepidoptera\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/2009-07-butterflyfinger-s.jpg\" alt=\"Friendly Lepidoptera probes Dennis' hand with proboscis. Click to enlarge.\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friendly Lepidoptera probes Dennis&#39; hand with probiscis. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dennis Robinson writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This butterfly came to me yesterday.\u00a0 He started out by alighting on my knee and ended up drinking generous quantities of cranberry juice, strawberry juice and Welches grape juice from concentrate.\u00a0 I think he (or she) liked the grape juice best.<\/p>\n<p>He sipped it off the end of my finger but later actually took some out of a teaspoon.\u00a0 He was very tame and seemed to be well aware that I was trying to help him.\u00a0 You can see that someone, possibly a bird, had taken a small chunk out of his back wings but he was in good spirits and very friendly.\u00a0 This is the first time that that I&#8217;ve had such an encounter. I have other pictures of him on my knee curling up his proboscis but this will do for now&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(It&#8217;s probably a moth, due to its coloration, hairy body, and antennae which are smooth but not clubbed at the end.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Robinson writes: This butterfly came to me yesterday.\u00a0 He started out by alighting on my knee and ended up drinking generous quantities of cranberry juice, strawberry juice and Welches grape juice from concentrate.\u00a0 I think he (or she) liked the grape juice best. 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