Cashmere Striped. Heliconian Radiator, Actinote melanisans, Punta Hornos, El Caño, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
The Sun was shining brightly as I walked north on Colonia del Sacramento's fine promenade along the Riverine Sea that the Rio de la Plata actually is. After 5 km or so, the pavement stops and if you want to continue you'll have to use your animal instincts to circumvent a golfcourse, marshes, reedy places, mud and water slicks. I got as far as Punta Hornos, a kind of cape more or less west of the village of El Caño. I didn't see the village nor its apparently highly-rated vineyards. But I did enjoy the pure nature of sands, scraggly dunes, whatnot.
I was happy to see lots of plants and insects, but the one standing out from the rest is this pretty Actinote melanisans. It gets its name from Charles Oberthür (1845-1924), a French entomologist who inherited variously huge collections of butterflies and spent his life classifying them. He named our Fluttery Friend in 1917. The 'Actinote' is from the Greek for 'radiating' - see the pattern of its hindwings - and the 'melanisans' is also from the Greek, for blackening.
The Sun had left us and Black Clouds began to mass, so I hurried 'home' and got in just before the fierce rain, lightning and thunder. Actinote presumably found shelter under a leaf or branch, a bit overdressed for such a place.
PS My lodgings' wifi is rather rickety so please bear with me for the dearth of my comments and invites. Thanks.
Cashmere Striped. Heliconian Radiator, Actinote melanisans, Punta Hornos, El Caño, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
The Sun was shining brightly as I walked north on Colonia del Sacramento's fine promenade along the Riverine Sea that the Rio de la Plata actually is. After 5 km or so, the pavement stops and if you want to continue you'll have to use your animal instincts to circumvent a golfcourse, marshes, reedy places, mud and water slicks. I got as far as Punta Hornos, a kind of cape more or less west of the village of El Caño. I didn't see the village nor its apparently highly-rated vineyards. But I did enjoy the pure nature of sands, scraggly dunes, whatnot.
I was happy to see lots of plants and insects, but the one standing out from the rest is this pretty Actinote melanisans. It gets its name from Charles Oberthür (1845-1924), a French entomologist who inherited variously huge collections of butterflies and spent his life classifying them. He named our Fluttery Friend in 1917. The 'Actinote' is from the Greek for 'radiating' - see the pattern of its hindwings - and the 'melanisans' is also from the Greek, for blackening.
The Sun had left us and Black Clouds began to mass, so I hurried 'home' and got in just before the fierce rain, lightning and thunder. Actinote presumably found shelter under a leaf or branch, a bit overdressed for such a place.
PS My lodgings' wifi is rather rickety so please bear with me for the dearth of my comments and invites. Thanks.