I guess he's making tracks because he'll be evicted if they find him?
#81
Visit to the Butterfly Farm in Phuket, Thailand
Another pretty and colorful bird in a cage.
#82
Another pretty waterfall, made out of recycled brick, broken blocks and rocks. The ferns make a nice touch. ; - )
#83
A little b.fly on a big elephant type ear plant leaf. : - )
#84
A couple of brown b.fly's pretending to be dead leaves. They do a good job of it.
: - )
#85
A more colorful orange b.fly. : - )
#86
A close of the pink flower I really want to get. : - )
Any one know what it is?
#87
This one was hard to see because it was above a window, up high on the wall.
#88
Same b.fly, without using the telephoto. : - )
#89
How many b.fly's do you see in this photo? Sneaky aren't they?
#90
Maybe this one will help with the previous one? : - )
#91
The way this guy is half in and out of the shadow doesn't help take a clear photo, but I didn't care. I still think it's a pretty b.fly. : - )
#92
Another colorful caged bird.
#93
Forgot to say, I just love these flowers and this is the best close up photo of them yet!
: - )
#94
An NoID flower. : - )
#95
These look a lot like the Brazilian Plume plants I like. : - )
Only mine are pink.
#96
So have you been wondering how they can have so many flowering plants at once inside the b.fly farm? Well I was, and I saw the workers going through and placing these containers in the planter area's then removing the ones with spent blooms. They must have a nursery someplace where they raise these plants. Lovely! : - )
#97
These are the strangest looking flowers. But evidently the b.fly's like them. Don't they kind of look like lipsticks?
#98
See what I mean?
#99
This one likes having his photo taken. : - )
#100
Another view of the same b.fly. : - )
I'm needing a break for now. There are lots more to come still. : - )
BBS!
#101
SW the pink flowers is the Coral Vine-do you have a place that you do not mind being taken over during the summer? If not I will see if mine has a pup when they come back this spring.
Hey Singing Wolf:
Here's what I could identify:
1 - Daniadae pupa -- probably Euploea species.
4 - 8 -- The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
23 - Paper Kite (Idea leuconoe)
29 - Probably Brown King Crow (Euploea klugii)
30, 31 - The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
35 - 38 - Great Egg Fly (Hypolimnas bolina)
39 - The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
44 - Paper Kite on the left, and one of the “Tigers” next to it. Could be a Dark Blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis), Chocolate Tiger (Parantica melaneus) or several others..
45, 46 - Paper Kite (Idea leuconoe)
47 - Can’t say for certain, but it’s a “brush-foot” caterpillar. If I had to guess, I’d bet for the Great Egg Fly.
49, 50 - Indian Leaf Butterfly (Kallima inachus)
54 - The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
56 - the golden pupae are Paper Kites
57 - The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
58, 61, 62, 73, 75, 76- Great Egg Fly (Hypolimnas bolina)
64, 69, 71 - Paper Kite (Idea leuconoe)
86 - Common Tiger (Danaus genutia) -- a distant monarch relative.
88, 89 - Either female Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) or female Great Yellow Mormon (Papilio lowii)…not really clear enough to tell for sure.
91 - One of the “Crows” (Euploea sp.)
98-101 - The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)
Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
www.dallasbutterflies.com
Great photos Jules, you are getting quite good with mananging the camera and cane. The whole place looks lovely. Not many butterflys, did it seem overcast? They can hide really well.
I was going to say Clipper, Great Yellow Mormon, and definately the Paper Kite. I love watching the Paper Kites fly.
Dale is this group one of the BITG suppliers also?
Georgeous shots of the plants also, hope you find out what the pink one is. The one they gave and ID on before was a heliconia I think. Look forward to more later.
Great thread, Singing Wolf. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
Singing Wolf -- the flowers in #22, as someone else pointed out, I believe, are Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus). I'm sure if Cat is following this thread she can help sing its praises. It's a great nectar source down in the Rio Grande Valley where it gets covered in butterflies. I have it in my yard here in north Texas and it certainly gets checked out by the butterflies but not quite as popular as when you find it in the wild. I'll be interested to see if it returns after our incredibly cold winter this year. I've started some from seed, just in case.... Sheila: No, this is not one of our regular suppliers at the Fort Worth Exhibit. We will be getting lots of Clippers during next years show, though.
Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepdiopterists' Society
www.dallasbutterflies.com
Great Dale, they are a lovely bf, like to pose.
Jules, I think that several DGers in S TX have that plant also. Check out the entry for it in plantfiles and see who posted pictures.
Actually, (and thanks Sheila and Dale), wren identified the pink plant on the other B.flys from KL, and she is going to look for pups to send me. : - )
Dale before you order anything you've got to see the ones from Penang. I know I'm slow, but I hope to get that one posted before week's end.
Dale, the b.fly farm in Penang is the oldest one in the country, and if what you've already seen makes you happy just wait until I get those posted. I think I have a brochure from them with a web site. What with them working with the college there (remember I told you about the survey?), they may be a great source of b.flys for you.
More to come. It's been a wild morning, and I need to eat before I start posting again.
I'm getting tired quicker, but then too, I am also helping my Mom with some stuff she needs to have done. She's just not rebounding from this last Heart attack the way she thought she would, and needs more help.
Let me eat and I'll hopefully finish up on Thailand today.
Dale, when I get the time I plan on going back through this thread and editing it to show the names of the id'd b.flys and plants. I will give you the credit for your i.d.'s the same with the plants. Whoever i.d.'s them first gets put in. Some day, it is my hope that this becomes a useful resource for others to look at and learn from. Besides, if I hadn't been drug (kicking and crying) on this trip, I wouldn't be able to help others live vicariously. (Like sweet Maxine) : - )
So it's all good, and I'll "get 'er done!"
WIB~
SW
I wasn't going to try for a photo of this, but that flashy yellow! I couldn't resist. It was a bit overcast, but inside the farm the sky is closed off by either tarps or shade cloths. They allowed some light through but not all of it. More importantly it didn't let other critters in (like voracious birds), and it kept the b.flys from flying away. : - )
#102
DH spotted this one on the wall, and I was doubtful it would come out clear. This one (aren't they all), was so beautiful and unique I had to try! : - )
#103
He seemed to be happy up there, and I zoomed in for this photo.
#104
A water lilly! : - )
I was happy that if you look carefully you can see they had just put the pot in there, and the pot is visible under the water. : - )
Just a quick note. I've been known to take a shallow rounded clay pot that had broken edges and a crack in it, and I made the drainage hole bigger, turned it upside down with my water lilly underneath, I submerged the whole thing into a water gardening container, that is inset in the raised planter in my front yard. I got the idea from Dad about using containers for water gardening. : - )
#105
I don't think I've ever seen a purple colored water lily before. This bud just opening is a beauty!
: - )
#106
I have pink water lily's, like this one, and I've seen yellow ones, but that purple was new to me.
: - )
#107
He came back to the wall! Isn't he a beaut! : - )
#108
Same b.fly and me playing with the zoom. : - )
#109
Another feeding tray in the sunniest portion of the farm. I have a thing about not taking people's photo's without permission, and seldom post them without names, but these folks didn't speak English and I didn't speak their language, I think they were from someplace in Europe. We still communicated, and I was given permission to take these photos of their daughter and her experience. It's like magic. : - )
(I really don't like posting children's photos, it's a weird world, and I'm still a protective Mom, even if it's not my kid!)
#110
Looky at who is hanging on the edge of the b.fly feeding station? There is also another small black b.fly seen in the previous photo, but it's probably covered up with my name. Sure is a pretty yellow b.fly. To think I'd been chasing them all over, and finally one just shows up. Like Dad always said, the best photos are the ones you don't kill yourself over, that just happen! :- 0
#111
Oh my Gosh! He is just perfect! : - )
#112
I really hated to do it, but I had to rotate this one, so you could see it without my name obscuring the markings on the b.fly. Kinda nice to see it feeding on a natural food source. I always did like my Dad's nature photos because they weren't staged. : - )
Still hated posing for him though.
#113
