Butterflies, not Bees

In a meadow near the Hambidge Center in North Georgia, I walked a trail where I saw lots of butterflies, but only two bees - one on goldenrod and the other on Joe Pye weed. I decided to take pictures of the butterflies because they were so delicate and beautiful.
(And of course, I took a picture of the bee on the goldenrod!)

This one is probably a yellow tiger swallowtail, at least from pictures on the Internet.



The picture below is probably a meadow fritillary butterfly (what do I know?) but I thought it was pretty anyway, in the fall colors!


This beautiful blue and black butterfly was the prettiest of all and the most difficult to catch in a picture. Here it is on Joe Pye weed. It may be a female Diana butterfly.

Anyway with no bees, I thought I'd share these.



And below is the lone bee on goldenrod!