Introducing the 'MacLeahy's Swallowtail '. Said to be named after the international entomologist, Alexander MacLeahy around the time of 1814. He immigrated to Australia and founded the MacLeahy Museum at the University of Sydney.
This butterfly is found high in the treetops on the east coast of Australia. The caterpillar grows to 4cm. The adult has a wingspan of 8cm (just over 3"). Unlike most butterflies, this one has green legs which is very unusual.
The MacLeahy Butterfly was featured on one of our 20 cent stamp issues in 1981.
I hope you enjoy the pics with a bit of info also. Cheers, Jen ðŸ˜Å
The southern subspecies of the Precis octavia sesamus is found from the border region of the Eastern and Western Cape in South Africa and along the eastern side of South Africa,to Swaziland, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya.
The southern subspecies (Precis octavia sesamus) has a summer form (natalensis) which is red with black markings, and a winter form (sesamus) which is blue with a line of red markings on the wings. The winter form is slightly larger than the summer form. In both forms the males and females are alike. ... this means at the moment we mainly see this form:
This month I picked the Owl Butterfly (Caligo eurilochus) with its unusual owl like eye spot. They’re typically seen in the Amazon Rainforest where they blend in among the branches.
Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), nocturnal and fly only a few meters at a time. Their large "eyes" frighten off small would be preditors.
The Owl Butterfly feeds on rotten fruit as well as nectar plants
I hope you enjoy seeing this rather unusual butterfly.
The Peacock butterfly, is a colorful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan.
The Peacock's spectacular pattern of eyespots, evolved to startle or confuse predators, make it one of the most easily recognized and best-known species.
Although a familiar visitor to garden buddleias in late summer, the Peacock's strong flight and nomadic instincts lead it to range widely through the countryside, often finding its preferred habitats in the shelter of woodland clearings, rides, and edges.
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For this month I chose the Guava Skipper Butterfly, also called the Phocides Polybius. I thought it was a very interesting looking butterfly.
This species is nearly everyone's favorite. The adult often makes long stops at flowers allowing for excellent photographs to be taken.
Phocides polybius, the bloody spot or guava skipper, is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, that is native to the Americas. It is found from the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas in the United States south through Mexico and Central America to Argentina.
The wingspan is 42–63 mm (1.7–2.5 in). There are several generations with adults on wing in February, April, and June to December in southern Texas.[1]
The Guava Skipper is found through southern and central America. Its habitat is tropical forest. Its time of flight is daytime. As a caterpillar, it is red with yellow rings and becomes white with a yellow and brown head as it grows. As a butterfly, the Guava Skipper is black with a metallic green tint to its wings. There are 2 distinct reddish-orange spots on the front edge of the forewings, one on each side midway between the head and the tip of the wings. The body also has a few metallic green stripes from head to tail. The Guava Skipper has very angular wings with the forewings wider and becoming smaller towards the hindwings. This angular wing shape makes the Guava Skipper more distinctive from other similar species. The Guava Skipper feeds mainly on guava but also feeds on other related plants.
I hope you enjoyed reading this information and looking at the pictures.
Butterflies do some strange things to elude attention. The Zebra Hairstreak Arawacus separata has a pattern of stripes which creates the illusion that it is facing back to front. It enhances the illusion by immediately turning to face the opposite direction as soon as it lands on a leaf. There it remains totally motionless until approached, at which point it slowly but deliberately rotates to present the observer with a view of it's posterior !
(Info found on this site: http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Strange%20but%20true.htm)
Hope you like the very neat butterfly!!
MichelleGG
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Introducing the 'MacLeahy's Swallowtail '. Said to be named after the international entomologist, Alexander MacLeahy around the time of 1814. He immigrated to Australia and founded the MacLeahy Museum at the University of Sydney.
This butterfly is found high in the treetops on the east coast of Australia. The caterpillar grows to 4cm. The adult has a wingspan of 8cm (just over 3"). Unlike most butterflies, this one has green legs which is very unusual.
The MacLeahy Butterfly was featured on one of our 20 cent stamp issues in 1981.
I hope you enjoy the pics with a bit of info also. Cheers, Jen ðŸ˜Å
The southern subspecies (Precis octavia sesamus) has a summer form (natalensis) which is red with black markings, and a winter form (sesamus) which is blue with a line of red markings on the wings. The winter form is slightly larger than the summer form. In both forms the males and females are alike. ... this means at the moment we mainly see this form:
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This month I picked the Owl Butterfly (Caligo eurilochus) with its unusual owl like eye spot. They’re typically seen in the Amazon Rainforest where they blend in among the branches.
Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), nocturnal and fly only a few meters at a time. Their large "eyes" frighten off small would be preditors.
The Owl Butterfly feeds on rotten fruit as well as nectar plants
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Hi :) I would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you like the decos I picked out. Please remember to rate - thank you. Swap: APDG ~ Happy THANKSGIVING Profile Deco ;-) From: Mel M - clothandpaperstudio
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I hope you like the pics and gifs that I've chosen for you! Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving!
Blessings,
Yvonne
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I hope you like the pics and gifs that I'm chosen for you for this special day.
Enjoy!
Blessings,
Yvonne
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For this month I chose the Guava Skipper Butterfly, also called the Phocides Polybius. I thought it was a very interesting looking butterfly.
This species is nearly everyone's favorite. The adult often makes long stops at flowers allowing for excellent photographs to be taken.
Phocides polybius, the bloody spot or guava skipper, is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae, that is native to the Americas. It is found from the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas in the United States south through Mexico and Central America to Argentina.
The wingspan is 42–63 mm (1.7–2.5 in). There are several generations with adults on wing in February, April, and June to December in southern Texas.[1]
The Guava Skipper is found through southern and central America. Its habitat is tropical forest. Its time of flight is daytime. As a caterpillar, it is red with yellow rings and becomes white with a yellow and brown head as it grows. As a butterfly, the Guava Skipper is black with a metallic green tint to its wings. There are 2 distinct reddish-orange spots on the front edge of the forewings, one on each side midway between the head and the tip of the wings. The body also has a few metallic green stripes from head to tail. The Guava Skipper has very angular wings with the forewings wider and becoming smaller towards the hindwings. This angular wing shape makes the Guava Skipper more distinctive from other similar species. The Guava Skipper feeds mainly on guava but also feeds on other related plants.
I hope you enjoyed reading this information and looking at the pictures.
Blessings,
Yvonne
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Butterflies do some strange things to elude attention. The Zebra Hairstreak Arawacus separata has a pattern of stripes which creates the illusion that it is facing back to front. It enhances the illusion by immediately turning to face the opposite direction as soon as it lands on a leaf. There it remains totally motionless until approached, at which point it slowly but deliberately rotates to present the observer with a view of it's posterior ! (Info found on this site: http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Strange%20but%20true.htm)
Hope you like the very neat butterfly!! MichelleGG
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BLESSINGS!!! cc