Butterflies – Mosaic – Colobura dirce

Butterflies – Mosaic – Colobura dirce

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Photographed at Butterfly World in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2009.

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Butterflies – White Morpho – Morpho polyphemus

Butterflies – White Morpho – Morpho polyphemus

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Photographed at Butterfly World in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2009

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Butterflies – Mocker Swallowtail – Papilio dardanus

Butterflies – Mocker Swallowtail – Papilio dardanus

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Photographed at Butterfly World in Fort Lauderdale in 2009

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Butterflies – Plain Tiger – Danaus chrysippus

Butterflies – Plain Tiger – Danaus chrysippus

The above butterfly was photographed at the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2009.

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Butterflies – Julia – Dryas iulia

Butterflies – Julia – Dryas iulia

Orange Julia Butterfly (Dryas julia)

Above photo from my trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico in 2006.

The Julia Butterfly is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of about 7 cm which flits rather quickly from location to location rather than fluttering like the Rice Paper or the Monarch butterflies. Continue reading

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Butterflies – Banded Orange Tiger – Dryadula phaetusa

Orange Tiger Butterfly, Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario

The above butterfly was photographed at the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2009. but it is a common butterfly in most ‘live’ butterfly exhibits.

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Butterflies – Rice Paper – Idea leuconoe

Butterflies – Rice Paper – Idea leuconoe

Photographed at the Carleton University “Live” Butterfly exhibit in the Fall of 2010. (Location)

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Carleton University Butterfly Exhibit 2012

Carleton University Butterfly Exhibit 2012
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Ed Bruggink of the Carleton University Biology Department has confirmed this week that final preparations are underway for another “Live” Tropical Butterfly event September 29th to October 8th inclusive in the H.H. Nesbitt Biology Building on the Carleton University campus. (Location)

If you find it difficult to wait until September 29th, 2012 to get a glimpse of some exotic butterflies, here are some images from last year: Day 2 of 2011 Butterfly Show at Carleton University

More info to follow in a week or two. Stay tuned.

Update:
September 7th – Poster added – Click on the poster if you want a printable version

Official Carleton University butterfly website

One of my many ongoing projects is to photograph as many of the various species of butterflies as I can and add them to our website in an organized fashion. Forty or so entries have been added to my butterfly species grouping so far but since I have 200 species or so of butterflies photographed in natural or artificial settings, the task still has a long way to go until completion. Most of the neotropical species were photographed in butterfly exhibits. I would like to make a couple of trips into the rainforest in the future which might allow me to photograph many of these species in the wild. Butterflies by species project.

 

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Reddit Night at Funhaven

Reddit Night at Funhaven

Who wants a night of impromptu fun? Well, last night was it at Funhaven where I and a group of friends partied to the wee hours… iPhone pics galore!


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A late summer treat – Corn-on-the-Cob

A late summer treat – Corn on the Cob

The folks at my father’s long term care facility asked me if I would like to join them (and my father) for a good feed of corn on a warm Friday.  Tough to turn down corn-on-the-cob :-). Great weather out so, while some stayed inside, my father and I and a few others moved out onto the patio. Continue reading

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