Notice
the color of the thorax of this butterfly; it has the same pattern and
color with Monarch and Monarch mimic butterflies. They are usually
found resting on tree tops.
This is a Cabbage White
Butterfly which can be seen all seasons in South China.
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These are probably mimics of the famous monarch butterfly; However, mimics found in China are usually blue in color and are called 'Blue Tigers'. |
This butterfly is common to see in the summer; but I didn't spend time to search its latin name.
One of the most horrible
experience is capturing this gigantic prayer mantis; feels like alien
This is neither a butterfly nor a moth; this is a Skipper; it is very small and each flying range is very short; looks like jumping.
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This dragon fly is just 3mm long;
I used a 3X long shot and a 3+ magnifying lens to capture this view.

Anyone who knows the English and Latin names of this
butterfly, please give me an email; I couldn't find it in all reference.
It
took me three hours under 32 degrees Celsius to capture this swallow-tail
butterfly. It is long time ago, I don't quite remember its Latin name is
Papileo Polytus feeding on Aristolochiae ?? The background is a hospital.
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This table
shows samples of ferns, the main food for herbivorous dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs were dead, but different kinds of ferns still survive to modern times. |
Lone Ranger, Benji.


