All your water are belong to us!

This is one of the few species of butterflies that flies around when it rains*, the ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus), koevinkje in Dutch. It appears to be rather possessive of the water it found (and yes, they drink water from time to time):


Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO400, f4, 1/200s

Here's what it looks like from above with its wings open, sitting in the rain:


Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO400, f5.6, 1/60s

Thanks for watching!

* This is actually also an inside joke. I would tell you, but it would no longer be an inside joke.

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