I adore butterflies. They are one of the most interesting, beautiful creatures on earth. They ought to be called 'flying flowers' though some of them can be prettier than the prettiest of flowers. These ones are the loveliest I have seen yet.
EDIT: A fellow blogger was kind enough to identify these specimens for me. Thank you very much Biologist. The top picture is a female Attacus atlas (an atlas moth) one of the largest moth species in the world. The second one is some kind of swallowtail butterfly (Papilliodae.)
I'm glad you liked them. :) And I'm honored that they were worthy to go on your blog.
ReplyDeleteSam
Flying flowers – that is the perfect description! Those two butterflies are beautiful. I can’t believe how big that first one is.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment! We have lots of monarch butterflies where I live because we’re right in their path of migration. There is a historic farm nearby that has nets hanging between the trees for all the butterflies to rest on when they come here. :-)
I definitely think it's beautiful!! Just lovely... I was reading a while ago that you were not originally so "into" this sort of thing... I think.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are enjoying yourself though! If I see a butterfly of extrodinary beauty - I'll take a picture for you and send it. ; 0)
Love,
Jocelyn
The top picture (actually a moth) is a female Attacus atlas (an atlas moth) one of the largest moth species in the world. I have one in my collection that has a wing span of 11 inches.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't tell you what species of butterfly of is rather than its some kind of swallotail butterfly(Papilliodae.) There are so many beautiful species of insects in this world one can spend a life time studying them and not even begin to know a vast majority of them.
Biologist