Travel Theme: Transformation (Gallery of Butterfly Metamorphosis)
What could better illustrate Transformation than the life-cycle of a butterfly? This is the metamorphosis of Papillio memnon, lowi Druce and rumanzovia, all types of Swallowtail and Mormon Butterflies, as seen at the Butterflies In The Glasshouse event at RHS Wisley Gardens.
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Excellent shot.
Thank you 🙂
Incredible series. What an interesting, characterful caterpillar!
Thanks Ardys 🙂 Yes the caterpillars are fascinating as you watch them grow! That’s a lime tree they’re on. The swallowtails all seem to be citrus fans!
Lovely collection!
Thanks Laura 🙂 It’s good to have a complete cycle for them now!! It’s only this year that the caterpillars have been left to grow to maturity. Love them!
I used to see so many caterpillars in years gone by. I hardly ever see them anymore. 😦 I used to love watching their fuzzy selves cross the sidewalk. 🙂
A lot of that is down to intensive farming and people using chemicals to get rid of “weeds”! Butterflies and their larvae are very picky about their food so when the wildflowers vanish so do the butterflies 😦
I read about house developments mowing down the milkweed. There’s even a blog here dedicated to people planting it!
The milkweed is so important to the monarch!! Here, it’s things like ragwort, which is vital to the cinnabar moth that have been destroyed en masse as it can be like a poison to grazing animals like cows and horses. Nettles are vital to Peacock and Tortoiseshell butterflies but they get mowed and sprayed everywhere! Verges are cut back to early at the end of summer destroying important habitats. It’s so sad how selfish we are as a species 😦
It is sad. 😦
Terribly so! Let’s all hope that the children of today grow up to be better at protecting the planet than our generation has been.
Me too. I think humanity is starting to realize what we are doing but turning a huge battleship takes time. Hopefully not “too” much time.
Lots of wildlife and nature charities are doing more to get children involved now 🙂 Here, the RSPB has a great campaign to Give Nature A Home that’s been getting lots of attention!
I think we do a lot here in this country too but it takes time. Whole developments have been stopped in the name of a frog. Seriously!
Quite right too 😉
These are so wonderful Sarah!! and yes we are not good custodians of the garden!! The caterpillar at top needs a hookah though 😀
And a toadstool 😉 I don’t understand the mentality of much of society that can’t see what a dismal future is ahead of us if we carry on destroying habitat for birds and insects!
Great collection of photos showing the life cycle 🙂
Thank you 🙂 It’s good to have completed the series!