Beautiful Butterflies

Today’s entertainment (as well as the obligatory waterfall walk) was a trip to the butterfly house.

What an unexpected delight, inside butterflies in all shapes, sizes and colours fluttered around, frequently landing on you. If you didnt mind smearing a bit of squidgy banana on your hand then the big ones would step up onto your hand.

The pupa came in all shapes and sizes, these shiny ones are found near rivers as they disguise themselves as water droplets.

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My personal favourite was watching new ones hatch out of the pupa. They come out all squashed up and you could watch them slowly unfolding their wings and drying out.

Lots of pics as Geoff took some beautiful ones and it was hard to choose.

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