Inside the butterfly house
It's been a pleasantly busy few days which included a trip to our local zoo (which is one of the best in the world). A recent addition is a butterfly house which included a display of Chinese oak silk moth caterpillars (Antheraea pernyi).
It was great to see the little animals chomping through leaves. Of course there were other butterflies too and I took pictures of the ones that sat still enough to stay in focus:
one black,
one piebald,
one delicately coloured
...and a group that arranged themselves like the eyes of something much larger.
It was great to see the little animals chomping through leaves. Of course there were other butterflies too and I took pictures of the ones that sat still enough to stay in focus:
one black,
one piebald,
one delicately coloured
...and a group that arranged themselves like the eyes of something much larger.
posted by Clare Dudman at 11:19 pm
4 Comments:
Now I know what piebald means! The eyes are very cool.
Not sure that's piebald in the conventional sense, Debra - just a word that came to me late at night.
The eyes were even better 'live'. I didn't get the angle quite right here.
the piebald one is so exciting to see.
Thank you! And thank you for visiting from Mongolia! That is exciting for me.
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