Looks good on the Coneflower....R.

The cone flower's color is superb, and what a good addition to have the butterfly to make this a wonderful post. tigs=^..^=

Fabulous close-up..sitting at a great viewpoint too!..

Has a similar look to out 'Emperor' butterfly

The Red Admiral looks really good against the bright colors of the cone flower. Beautiful!

Coneflower, Echinacea, comes in a variety of colors--cherry red, gold, rose pink, coral, tangerine orange, white, green, most of which are hybrids created in labs. The color variety of the wildflowers is much fewer and, years ago, while shooting print film of an historic site in central North Dakota, I was both lucky and unlucky in finding a group of extremely rare chocolate brown cone flowers... lucky that I saw them; unlucky in that I was shooting black & white film. I could never prove that I saw them. Having had a career in northern plains history, I also learned that if you pull up a coneflower by the roots, exposing a thick white central root, you can experience a form of very old Native American health care. Cutting off about an inch-long portion near the top of that white root, you discover that the white part is a sheath covering a black root underneath. This black portion, placed either between your teeth or along the gumline, will numb dental pain sufficiently long enough until you can visit a dentist. I tried this once on a relative while on a camping trip and it worked to their delight. Your coneflower photo, topped by a beautiful butterfly, is like nature's version of a chocolate sundae, dribbled with light strawberry sauce and topped with a cherry. Looks almost good enough to eat!

-Nik