Target Practice: August 2005

Pair of white ones...

This is a leaf butterfly, using its camouflage to resemble, a leaf!

Butterflies are everywhere! There must be thousands in the enclosure. Everywhere I turn, I I find butterflies perched or feeding...

Bright orange one, as soon as I get my hands on a butterfly identification book, this will be named after all...!

Drinking pineapple juice? - They put trays of rotting fruits for them with some sprayed honey water....

Drinking water???

They just love the sun!

To stalk on them while licking salt/drinking water, you have to stay still on the ground & pretend to be part of the surroundings with your camera close to the subjects....

Look at the beautiful wings...

It has the shape of Rajah Brooke specie but it's actually a Papilionidae sp., the bright yellow bottom wings are a great display of colour. When resting, they are great subjects to shoot!

Got a good look at this one....

Others like hibiscus.....

Inside the Butterfly Farm, Lake Gardens

Pieridae sp. - this one doesn't seem to be like the others who would just settle & stop fluttering. Despite many attempts, I could not get a good shot of this peekaboo butterfly. I will try again today.

Aren't they beautiful? This was taken after a panic battery-drain, that caused me to drop to my knees, rummage my bag for the spares, fumble to replace & get up to find it still perched on the flower!

Atacus atlas - The Atlas Moth in captivity to prevent poachers (yes, even in Butterfly Farm there are thiefs who steal butterflies!) Note the cocoons at the back of the cabinet!

The Flaming Flower of a gourd plant

Reflection of the sun in the pond where the biggest fresh water fish in the world, the Arapaima, lives.

Palm Tree at 1pm

Fern @ FRIM

Butterfly up close

Someone's concoction of love - the organ itself! I can't remember when I laughed so hard as this person doctored my breakfast & butchered my pancake to add as 'bush'........