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On one stone wall on Herm island, there are lots of these pink flowers (valerian?) with clouds of moths and butterflies. I chased them up and down the wall with my phone trying to get a look at them and take some pics, but they never stop moving. Phone pic with clip on macro lens.
My clearest macro shot to date!
I haven't researched the name of the butterfly yet so feel free to enlighten me!
I watched this spider, having just emerged from its old exoskeleton, chance upon a caterpillar that had fallen from the white pine above onto a dying Phalenopsis flower. Only the spider will carry on living …
Comma butterfly on valerian. Strong natural light. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/14263364420/ for a 3D version
I recently had the pleasure of checking out the Butterflies Alive! exhibit at the Lubbock Science Spectrum and, while I can’t say I was blown away with the presentation, it was certainly a lot of fun.
It’s hard to compare a traveling butterfly exhibit to a permanent fixture like the Cockrell Center in Houston, but it was impressive by Lubbock standards. They touted 600 butterflies, but we found that a little hard to swallow. There were, however, plenty of insects on display. Though most of them seemed to be of one or two varieties (with the Monarch’s easiest to spot), there were a few hidden gems in the bunch.
Left one of my potted hibiscus plants outside this Summer and it seems to have attracted what I think are cabbage white or similar caterpillars.