Butterflies etc

[Billhook]

Heard a good talk on Radio  4 today

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_fourfm

 

My father inherited a large butterfly collection from a man in the village he grew up in .  He was always around to this man’s house as a lad not even ten years old, enthralled by the collection of South American Morphos and other highly coloured beauties.   He was very surprised when he was left the collection in his will in 1940.

I was always amazed that such brightly coloured insects should survive predators but this morning’s talk showed why .

I keep wondering what to do with them but at the moment I show them to people, especially children, who see them in a different and more intimate way than glass cases full of many other distractions.  Certainly  when I see the children sometimes many years later they often refer to the time they “ were allowed” to see the butterflies and moths, many of which are more beautiful and certainly more subtle in their colours 

[ABtrees]

Every spring seems to bring something new ............... never seen one of these before (and still haven't - I'm in the UK atm !).

 

Mrs B's poor quality pic on her i-phone

[difflock]

I, aged 64, saw an Emperor moth for the first time in my life afaiaa earlier this week, sitting on the wall at the front door. A beauty of a thing.

[Squaredy]

7 minutes ago, ABtrees said:

Every spring seems to bring something new ............... never seen one of these before (and still haven't - I'm in the UK atm !).

 

Mrs B's poor quality pic on her i-phone

Very beautiful.  Do you know what it is?

[ABtrees]

43 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Very beautiful.  Do you know what it is?

As Difflock says an Emperor Moth - a male I believe with the fluffy antennae

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[difflock]