👀NEW DESIGN👀
Periwinkle Parade ️
– This is a “Melissa Blue” butterfly, obviously one that I am particularly fond
of 😉 ! Melissa Blue is her higher classification
the lower classification being a Karner Blue. They are a teensy little
butterfly that sadly is endangered in my region of the U.S. Their “host plant”
where eggs will be laid and will feed the larvae is the lupine if you would
like to encourage more to your yard!
Blue is the scarcest color in nature. Plants have no blue
pigments, actually the blue you do see in nature is not a pigment at all!
Animals that display blue color is due to the way the
molecules are structured and how they interact with light. The molecules are
shaped is such a way that it bends the light to a specific wavelength when it
reaches our eye that we see blue. Change the shape or what is filling the space
between them and we would see something different. Blue feathers and even our
blue eyes all have to due with the refraction of light. There is only one
exception of a true blue occurring in nature and that is the Obrina Olivewing
butterfly and it is said that less than 10% of 280,000 species of flowering
plants produce blue flowers, and those plants are not using a blue pigment but
a red pigment. It takes the mixing of pigments, ph levels and light refraction
that creates the color blue. As a matter of fact bluebells, morning glories and
even hydrangeas have no true blue pigment!
The butterfly as I have mentioned symbolizes a person’s soul
🧚♂️. In ancient Greek the word
for butterfly is "Psyche", which translated means "soul".
Psyche is the Greek Goddess of souls️.
Butterflies are believed to represent one’s essence that encompasses their
past, present and future. They also represent good luck and joy. Butterflies
are believed to be grantors of wishes. Setting a butterfly free you are to
place a wish on their wings and they will carry that wish to the heavens to be
granted.
The butterfly is the Celtic Zodiac for those born between
September 30th thru October 27th. Those born under this sign are said to be
extremely social hence the phrase, “Social Butterfly”. They are known to have a
joyful personality and a cheery disposition. They are intuitively empathetic
and people are drawn to their positive aura.
The Mandarin Chinese word for butterfly is
"hu-tieh". "Tieh" means "70 years", therefore
butterflies have become a symbol for a long life.
☯️ Symmetry is another
manifestation of the balance of Yin and Yang, of the unimpeded flow of ch'i. ☯️
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