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Swallowtail Butterfly

this one in central California

Camouflage

This Buckeye Butterfly thought she was hiding from me! Right out in the open! If you have trouble finding her in the top picture, click on the picture, and it will enlarge . . . then you'll see her!

A closer look.

She is very well disguised, and hidden in this dry grass. This is called camouflage.

When birds and animals and even insects are almost invisible in their environment, it makes it more difficult for predators to find them.

For more information on Buckeye Butterflies, click here. There you will find information, and photos of their open wings, along with photographs of their caterpillars and chrysalises.

An antenna is a sensory appendage that is attached to the head of adult insects. Antennae are used for the sense of smell and balance. Butterflies have two antennae with clubs at the end. For an even better look, click on the pictures.

Look at the butterfly's fuzzy body! Click on the picture to enlarge it for a better look!

All adult butterflies have six legs. The two forelegs of some butterfly species are tiny.

For Butterfly Activity Pages, I found this cool link!

This is a page that I especially like, for an activity sheet labeling the parts of the butterfly anatomy.
For more information about the Painted Lady Butterfly, just click on the name and it will take you to Wikipedia.

Beautiful Butterfly

photo courtesy of Liam and Owen's Mom

Long Key - Davie, FL - April 03 2008

I spent the afternoon wandering around Broward County's newest park named Long Key Natural Area that opened up in Davie, FL on March 14 2008.

It sits on the old site of a long ago famous restaurant called the "Kapok Tree" which actually sat on an even older site for the short lived "Pioneer City Theme Park" from the 1960's .

It offers a beautiful rookery at its entrance that host a dozen or so nesting Egrets & Herons such as Great Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Snowy Egrets as well as Tricolored Herons, Green Herons & more!

It also offers a good oppurtunity for Macro photography. Here are a few from last week.

Daggertail Butterfly

Florida Honeybee

I know this will be a regular destination this season as the 8 plus Great Egret Nest are all active and there are even chicks hatched and begging for food at this time!