Large Flower - _TNY_2854
As the Haga Ocean butterfly house is located in Solna on the north side of Stockholm, Sweden and thus pretty far north, keeping tropical flowers for the butterflies year round is a bit difficult. That's why they use artificial flowers doused with sugar water for the butterfly feeding stations, but here is a flower that's doing well nevertheless.
The peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii), also known as white sails and spathe flower is a classic house plant. This specimen was much larger though and the Julia longwing (Dryas iulia) which has landed on top of the white spathe is dwarfed by the yellow spadix.
Right after I took this shot, I found another (or possibly the same) butterfly on the pink plastic flowers of one of the aforementioned feeding station and it can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52864389367/
Large Flower - _TNY_2854
As the Haga Ocean butterfly house is located in Solna on the north side of Stockholm, Sweden and thus pretty far north, keeping tropical flowers for the butterflies year round is a bit difficult. That's why they use artificial flowers doused with sugar water for the butterfly feeding stations, but here is a flower that's doing well nevertheless.
The peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii), also known as white sails and spathe flower is a classic house plant. This specimen was much larger though and the Julia longwing (Dryas iulia) which has landed on top of the white spathe is dwarfed by the yellow spadix.
Right after I took this shot, I found another (or possibly the same) butterfly on the pink plastic flowers of one of the aforementioned feeding station and it can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52864389367/