Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: red and black

Couldn't believe my eyes when I went to take a photo of these Poppy seedpods. How easily I could have missed this ring of small beetles. There were others crawling upwards along the stem, too. Not sure what they are - possiby Twice-stabbed Stink Bugs?? Pretty little things. Just wish my photo was as sharp as it should have been. This photo was taken at the Reader Rock Garden on 24 June 2015, when I called in after a volunteer shift.

I wish this fairly large butterfly was in the wild, but it's not : ). It lives in the Butterfly House at the Calgary Zoo. I hadn't seen one like this before - really quite spectacular. I think this is a Scarlet Mormon butterfly.