Stratford Butterfly Farm 3

[nanila]

[Butterflies making more butterflies]
This is a male and a female great yellow mormon, mating. They did not budge no matter how many small children shouted and pointed at them. Now that’s focus.


Yellow caterpillar preparing to pupate.



Pupae and fresh hatchlings.


Male and female great yellow mormon, mating, with another male attempting to interfere. This was quite a violent row and difficult to capture.


I’ve sent off the film photos to be developed. I took a bunch in Delft in January. The roll was on 21 out of 36 when we got to the butterfly farm, and the children finished off the rest, so we shall see what they managed to capture. Hopefully there are some good ones in there.

Comments

[redsixwing]

These are great photos. I'd never seen a butterfly argument before.

Gosh, the pupae. It's amazing to see them in such detail.

[shirebound]

Wow, I've never seen anything like this.

[silveradept]

I am curious about how the other pictures will turn out. Your small ones often have an eye for framing and photography.

[cmcmck]

Fabulous!

This is not so far from us so we maybe ought to pop along some time.

[marymac]

Oo, those are fabulous. Our local one doesn't open for a few weeks yet, but I think we need to organize a visit now that the boys are obsessed with The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

And you have reminded me I should send off the film from my friend's wedding, which is YEARS old, and see if anything come out of it.

[kirundo]

Oh wow, nice pics! A butterfly farm sounds like a great idea!

[cha_mel_eon]

That is some focus! Looking forward to seeing the film photos :)