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Asystasia australasica is a perennial herb that grows to a bit over a metre high. It is an understorey plant in the rainforests of the Torres Strait and suffers somewhat during winter on the Atherton Tableland. It is likely that it is frost tender but this has not been tested as yet.
The small pale lilac/mauve flowers are not particularly showy and the main reason for anyone growing it is as a host plant for the Leafwing and Blue Banded Butterflies.
All the records in the Atlas of Living Australia for the mainland are not correct. These plants are most likely Rhaphidospora from the description of the collectors. There is no resemblance between these two genera.
A female laurel leafwing butterfly. Taken within the grounds of 100% Aventura, an adventure park, which has several attractions including canopy tours (e.g., zip lines) and cloud forest adventures (e.g., hanging bridges). It's a bumpy ride from the town of Santa Elena, in the Monteverde area.
With a Jazzy Leafwing, a Rusty Tip, a Silver Spot, a Doris Longwing, a Blue Morpho, a Malachite and a Variable Cracker in hand, students from Hiatt Middle School carefully released butterflies at Reiman Gardens on this week followed by a tour of the grounds and the entomology lab. Through a partnership with the @chrysalis_foundation students have been learning to use film cameras with photography instructor Dan Troxell. He says, “This photography program is about giving students the greatest opportunities to help them grow and to teach self-esteem. It offers them exposure to something new that they wouldn’t normally have access to, and it’s an absolute pure joy for me to do that.”
Hiatt’s Jamie Wilkens explains, "Our goal this year was to build a community where the students felt comfortable to have new experiences and to have them thinking about what their future might look like."
A butterfly release might just be the perfect metaphor for those formative middle school years. Wilkens adds, “These butterflies have been through a very transformative time and now they’re being released, and it’s the same with middle school. By the time they leave, we want them to be able to fly.”
To read more about the programs, visit: www.chrysalisfdn.org or www.facebook.com/thebutterflyeffectindesmoines/
(Jon Lemons/Des Moines Public Schools)
Elmer W. Oliver Nature Park, Mansfield, TX
03.24.15
Source: www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Anaea-andria
Locaton at ONP: near the Windmill
I have no idea what these two are doing, foreplay or aggression; but, the next picture is the one laying on the ground. All is well.
A species of longhorn beetle (Psapharochrus circumflexus). Taken outside my lodge door, located near the town center of Santa Elena, in the Monteverde area.
A species of leafwing butterfly. Taken within the grounds of Sky Adventures, located near the town of Santa Elena in the Monteverde area.
A female orange-bellied trogon. Taken from the Skywalk hanging bridges and trails at Sky Adventures, a bumpy ride from the town of Santa Elena in the Monteverde area.
A species of leafwing butterfly. Taken within the grounds of Sky Adventures, located near the town of Santa Elena in the Monteverde area.