Day 163
Bird, bug and now to find a Bee, a honey, bumble, a bee.... I think I need to be patient. They are around... I just need to be a the right place at the right time.
And so it happens that I was on my walk and came across a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly.
There are over 500 species Swallow Tail Butterflies, but sadly not all live in our part of the world. Most of them are tropical.. so says Wikipedia.
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| Beautiful Butterfly |
Hello there!
beautiful yellow butterfly,
please can you take me for a ride.
To the tops of the Cottonwood trees where
the Bald Eagles hide
Fly us up to the tallest pine tree so we can watch
the might Fraser River flow.
You are beautiful my yellow butterfly,
thank you for the afternoon ride.
I am sad to see you go.
Author Unknown :)
Until tomorrow!
See you then!
Jewels
"A season of loneliness
and isolation is when the
caterpillar gets its wings.
Remember that next time
you feel alone.
M.Hale
There are essentially four types of camouflage. Concealing colour (hiding in / against a background of the same colour, an article fox in winter); Disruptive colouration (stipes and spots that disrupt the outlined shape, a Tiger or Leopard); Disguise (where animals blend into the surroundings by the shape or texture rather than colour, examples are abundant in the insect domain); Mimicry ( involves mimicking the attributes of another unappetizing creature, the Viceroy Butterfly mimics the Monarch Butterfly that are toxic to birds. Camouflage is an adaptation that helps an organism blend in with its surroundings. Blending in helps them avoid predators and increases one’s ability to survive. Of course this is a matter of perspective, Hunter or the Hunted.
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