This jet black butterfly, was around for a few minutes on this flower. What surprised me was its intent on gathering nectar. The sunshine time was its window of opportunity for this butterfly.
A thought that passed through my mind while watching this sight was the stressful situations that a butterfly encounters during an incessant rainy season.
I remember going to a natural herbal garden, where there is a conservatory for Butterflies. There were plants with flowers, which the butterflies used to breed. This was covered with transparent roofing to expose the plants to sunlight. It was open on the sides. I could see the different stages of the life cycle in the foliage.
This lepidopterarium, was a gift from a family in memory of their son, who died in a road side accident on the way back from school. This conservatory was a place that their son used to come on holidays. One of his hobbies was sketching and drawing butterflies. They made an album of his drawings of butterfly and paid for the construction of this conservatory.
Their son became fond of butterfly and its life cycle, ever since he heard from his mother that the flowers when pollinated would become fruits and seeds. That stimulated him to keep observing the life cycle of butterflies.
There are some plants in our garden where butterflies breed. We avoid using insecticides although the plants become bereft of all leaves during a breeding season. These plants recover during the monsoon season and spring forth shoots and flowers, only to return to be hosts for the butterflies in the winer months.
I felt enthused by the sighting of a butterfly today because, it is a symbol of thriving in difficult circumstances. It used the short window of the dry spell for its outing to find nectar.
In every adverse situation, there can be a way out of the difficulties. I experienced this recently.
This fragile Butterfly reminded me of opportunities amidst difficulties to stay well!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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