A lawn is quite a pleasant spot
Where leaves may lie and start to rot;
No wind, and see leaves fall like rain …
Yet some go flying up again! …
You give a scream, but soon you’ve got
Relief that leaf is what they’re not!
A lawn is quite a pleasant spot
Where leaves may lie and start to rot;
No wind, and see leaves fall like rain …
Yet some go flying up again! …
You give a scream, but soon you’ve got
Relief that leaf is what they’re not!
Lovely butterfly.
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Did it flutter by? It’s a butterfly. Moths are fat, fly like a bat.
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wow, that is amazing.
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Striking, isn’t it? The deep forest ones seem to be a slightly darker green but ours are much lighter.
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Great puns, as usual. What kind of butterly is that?
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butterfly (the f key stuck)
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Protogoniomorpha parhassus
Family: Nymphalidae
Forest mother-of-pearl or common mother-of-pearl (Protogoniomorpha parhassus) is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in forested areas of Africa.
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Many thanks – daughter and sil are naturalists.
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Never seen one of these at our spot, and having just checked my butterfly book are not likely to see one either. They are found in your neck of the woods and never venture this far inland. The wing shape is exquisite.
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I wondered why you hadn’t featured one to date! I have seen absolute swarms of them in the forest on the way to the beach.
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Swarms! Consider yourself lucky to have seen such a sight.
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Camouflage at its best.
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trickery 😉
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A moth or butterfly?
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A definite butterfly!
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Lovely. (Been spotting a few leaves here “floating” on an invisible spider web strands this week – your mystery “leaf” is much more flighty)
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It’s beautiful!
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