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).
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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:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOpwXQCx6cfBy2OXyW3U6iU0POc6NmCkVbmL_DzhNTsjT-Z6q3_ViqS4z7RYqvv8xwO1TPKJGg2PABDpYdQXOdTMEgPji0bCXoTOlZ6TggiwIeEteCaGWmnJeXzP2fKBBajMelg/s320/1black_butterfly.jpg)
one black,
one piebald,
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one delicately coloured
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...and a group that arranged themselves like the eyes of something much larger.
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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:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOpwXQCx6cfBy2OXyW3U6iU0POc6NmCkVbmL_DzhNTsjT-Z6q3_ViqS4z7RYqvv8xwO1TPKJGg2PABDpYdQXOdTMEgPji0bCXoTOlZ6TggiwIeEteCaGWmnJeXzP2fKBBajMelg/s320/1black_butterfly.jpg)
one black,
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZNEWXw2rBan54sTzRYVyfPpiFLND4bu67x01orq1KVNgMZ4Sx_8qU7W10QkYbY3qVrXfYBjakPlSYkWCa_AnXA4p_OJ7SlosRD8tjE8wmtsgeR-CEvZxDrUL4PtJogqefWsoXw/s320/1butterfly_1.jpg)
one delicately coloured
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...and a group that arranged themselves like the eyes of something much larger.
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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