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Well it is winter in the UK now, and butterflies out in the wild are not generally seen now, especially round Brentford. However in the area is Syon Park, which contains the London Butterfly House. I finally found an opportunity to visit the place. Needless to say I was armed with a camera! The flipout twisty LCD viewfinder was particularly useful when I took a picture of a Thailand Clipper that had settled on my shoulder. (That Clipper stayed there for about half an hour while I wandered around the centre.) I want to return eventually and take more pictures of butterflies that I missed this time. But in the meantime here are the results of round 1 in the order I took them...
Thanks to the London Butterfly House who also helped me identify a few of these butterflies. I'm half way through updating...
MaleGreatMormon.jpg |
Glasswing1.jpg |
Clipper1.jpg |
MaleCommonEggfly1.jpg |
GiantSwallowtail1.jpg |
MalePinkCattleHeart1.jpg |
Male Great Mormon (Philippines) | Glasswing (Costa Rica) | Clipper (Thailand) | Male Common (or Great) Eggfly (Thailand) | Giant Swallowtail (Costa Rica) | Male Pink Cattle Heart (Costa Rica) |
Cracker.jpg |
FemaleGreatMormon1.jpg |
Feeding1.jpg |
Zebra.jpg |
ScarletMormonsMating.jpg |
Clipper2.jpg |
Cracker (Central America) | Female Great Mormon (Philippines) | Blue Morpho, Unknown, Clipper, Tree Nymph and 3 Glasswing Butterflies feeding on artificial nectar. | Zebra (Costa Rica) | Scarlet Mormons mating (Philippines) | Clipper (Philippines) (and leaf cutter ants) |
Flambeau1.jpg |
FemaleGreatMormon2.jpg |
Butterfly1.jpg |
TreeNymph1.jpg |
TreeNymph2.jpg |
IndianLeaf1.jpg |
Flambeau (Costa Rica) | Female Great Mormon (Philippines) | The Pink Rose (Pachliopta Kotzebuea) | Tree Nymph (Philippines) and pals feeding on artificial nectar. | Tree Nymph (Philippines) feeding on lily type flower. | Indian Leaf (India). |
Butterfly2.jpg |
FemaleScarletMormon.jpg |
Flambeau2.jpg |
MaleCommonMormon.jpg |
BlueMorpho1.jpg |
Butterfly3.jpg |
Caroniflambeau (Dryadula phaetusa) | Female Scarlet Mormon (Philippines) | Flambeau (Costa Rica) | Male Common Mormon (Thailand) | Blue Morpho (Costa Rica) | Male Archduke (India / Malaysia) |
Clipper3.jpg |
Monarch1.jpg |
Monarch2.jpg |
Butterfly4.jpg |
Butterfly5.jpg |
Butterfly6.jpg |
Clipper (Thailand) (resting on my shoulder) | Monarch (Americas) | Caroniflambeau (Dryadula phaetusa) | Blue Tiger (India) | Cydno Longwing (Central America) |
GiantSwallowtails2.jpg |
Clipper4.jpg |
TreeNymph3.jpg |
MalePinkCattleHeart2.jpg |
FemaleArchduke.jpg |
IndianLeaf2.jpg |
Giant Swallowtail (Costa Rica) with Glasswings in the background. | Clipper (Philippines) | Tree Nymph (Philippines) | Male Pink Cattle Heart (Costa Rica) | Female Archduke (India / Malaysia) | Indian Leaf (India). |
Glasswing2.jpg |
GreenBarredSwallowtail.jpg |
ButterfliesFeedingOnFruit.jpg |
Butterfly7.jpg |
Butterfly8.jpg |
MaleCommonEggfly2.jpg |
Glasswing (Costa Rica) | Green-Barred Swallowtail (Malaysia) | Clippers, Female Archdukes, Blue Morphos, Tree Nymphs and others feeding on fruit. | Female Common (or Great) Eggfly (Thailand) | Cydno Longwing (Central America) | Male Common (or Great) Eggfly (Thailand) |