I couldn’t begin to count the amount of time I spent waiting for the butterflies in Ghana to land and be nice to me but they just wouldn’t. They were everywhere but these are the only ones I managed to get… Once again, apologies for the quality, the Lumix does what I need but not much else!
I was actually really excited to see two pairs of butterflies breeding as I’ve never seen it before. I have to say it does seem to take a remarkably long time to do the deed though. I felt like a bit of a gooseberry after a while!
Next are my moths. As you’ll see, most of them were taken in the same location, which was the toilets of the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary. I saw significantly more moths than monkeys and I’m rather ashamed to admit that one of the girls actually had to throw me out of the toilet once she realised the error she had made in inviting me into her cubical to take some photos. They were beautiful though…
3 comments:
Some of these are amazing, do you know what any of them are? I've seen pictures of moth-trapping in the Tropics and it is insane. You get about 15kg of insect life in about five minutes.
No idea Jono, was hoping you'd be interested enough to find out for me!!!
I'm no expert Suzanne but I may be able to point you in the right direction for some of them.
1 is a citrus swallowtail butterfly similar to this -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timrandall44/3984884798/in/set-72157622398312211/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timrandall44/3984122921/in/set-72157622398312211/
3 is, I think a species of Charaxes butterfly but there so many, I can't help any further
6 is a female common diadem butterfly (it mimics an African monarch)
8 & 9 are, I think, of an African monarch butterfly
13 & 14 are of a skipper butterfly but I don't know which
15 is, I think, an owl moth but I can't pin it down any closer
Tim Randall
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