Post by rowanberry on Aug 15, 2021 19:17:50 GMT
Snowlynx and I went on a brief two-day city break last week to Coventry.
One of the places we visited was the Butterfly Farm in Stratford-upon-Avon... the number of them fluttering about was amazing, (and often very difficult to photograph.) There were feeding stations here and there with fruit on them, and these were always crowded with jostling butterflies.
It's quite a small space, but they've made it very lush and tropical, (and hot) with waterfalls, pools, and hibiscus flowers in every colour
Their website says they have two resident iguanas which I'm very annoyed not to have seen, but this is a selection out the the best of the photos I was able to take. The Blue Morphos were the most prevalent- the undersides of their wings are brown with 'eye' spots, and these were the most frequent visitors to the feeding stations.
Tropical Butterfly Habitat by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
Tropical Butterfly Feeding Time by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
06 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
04 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
01 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
02 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
03 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
05 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
They had a section for tropical frogs, tarantulas, locusts and crabs... but this little frog was one of my favourites.
07 Tropical Frog by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
One of the places we visited was the Butterfly Farm in Stratford-upon-Avon... the number of them fluttering about was amazing, (and often very difficult to photograph.) There were feeding stations here and there with fruit on them, and these were always crowded with jostling butterflies.
It's quite a small space, but they've made it very lush and tropical, (and hot) with waterfalls, pools, and hibiscus flowers in every colour
Their website says they have two resident iguanas which I'm very annoyed not to have seen, but this is a selection out the the best of the photos I was able to take. The Blue Morphos were the most prevalent- the undersides of their wings are brown with 'eye' spots, and these were the most frequent visitors to the feeding stations.
Tropical Butterfly Habitat by Wabi Gallery, on FlickrTropical Butterfly Feeding Time by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr06 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr04 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr01 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr02 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr03 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr05 Tropical Butterfly by Wabi Gallery, on FlickrThey had a section for tropical frogs, tarantulas, locusts and crabs... but this little frog was one of my favourites.
07 Tropical Frog by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr