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| Achilles Morpho, Morpho Achilles |
Mark called me Wednesday to say he was planning a visit to the Wisley butterfly display again on Thursday so I immediately agreed to join him. Sue and I went last year and enjoyed the wonderful display of tropical butterflies in the glasshouse. Yesterday was a good day as many fresh butterflies were on the wing. I made a mistake by not taking my Sigma macro lens, instead I had the 70-300 zoom, which turned out to be a great choice as it pulled in the distant butterflies. Next time I will take both lenses. I also used the compact Canon G9 in macro mode.
last years visit: http://colinknight.blogspot.com/2011/02/wisley-butterflies.html
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| Asian Swallowtail, Papilio lowi |
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| Asian Swallowtail, Papilio lowi female |
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| Asian Swallowtail, Papilio lowi male |
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| Asian Swallowtail, Papilio lowi female |
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| Asian Swallowtail, Papilio lowi male |
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| Asian Swallowtail, Papilio lowi courtship |
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| Asian Swallowtail, Papilio lowi mating |
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| Blue Morpho, Morpho peleides |
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| Blue Morpho, Morpho peleides |
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| Blue Morpho, Morpho peleides |
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| Blue Morpho, Morpho peleides |
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| Blue Morpho, Morpho peleides |
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| Blue Morpho, Morpho peleides |
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| Blue Morpho, Morpho peleides |
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| Blue Morpho, Morpho peleides |
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| Clipper, Parthenos sylvia |
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| Common Mormon, Papilio polytes |
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| one of the many beautiful Orchids in the galsshouse |
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| Emerald Swallowtail, Papilio palinurus |
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| Emerald Swallowtail, Papilio palinurus |
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| Emerald Swallowtail, Papilio palinurus male |
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| dead specimen of Giant Orangetip, Hebornia glaucippe |
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| Great Mormon, Papilio memnon |
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| butterfly eggs laid on leaf |
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| Indian Leafwing, Kallima paralekta |
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| Indian Leafwing, Kallima paralekta wings closed |
This is the most amazing camouflage I have seen on land
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| Malachite, Siproeta stelenes |
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| Malachite, Siproeta stelenes |
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| Malachite, Siproeta stelenes |
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| Malachite, Siproeta stelenes |
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| Malay Lacewing, Cethosia biblis |
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| Malay Lacewing, Cethosia biblis |
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| Owl, Caligo memnon |
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| Owl, Caligo memnon |
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| Pink Rose, Pachliopta kotzebuea |
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| Tailed Jay, Graphium agamemnon |
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| Tailed Jay, Graphium agamemnon |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
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| Tree Nymph, Idea leuconoe |
