Anzac
Day. I slept in till 8.30 so no dawn service for me!!
Visited
Kaylene and Rick for a cuppa which turned into lunch. Lots of butterflies in
their garden too – googled some photos as they are too hard to photograph.
From
Australian Butterfly Sanctuary in Kuranda.
Cairns Birdwing Ornithoptera
euphorion
The Cairns Birdwing butterfly is the
largest of all Australian butterflies and found along
northeastern Australia from Mackay to Cooktown. This butterfly is easily
identified due to its vivid colouration. The female’s wingspan can measure
18cm. As soon as adult butterflies hatch they mate quickly because they only
live for 4 to 5 weeks. Their favourite habitat is the rainforest.
Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses
The Ulysses butterfly is found in most
tropical rainforest areas such as Northern Queensland, Northern islands of
Australia and Papua New Guinea and lives below the rainforest canopy. Its common name is “Mountain Blue Butterfly”
and is a large swallowtail butterfly. The Ulysses wing span is between 100 and
130 mm. The Ulysses caterpillar is green and white which is the same colour as
the plants they feed on. This provides excellent camouflage from
predators.
Stopped
off at Steve & Michelle’s on the way home for a chat.
Kaylene
picked me up and we went for a nice walk along the Esplanade – lots of people
out enjoying the day. Lots of loud calling coming from the RSL Club – 2 Up
games being played. Saw the Wedrats then Kristine and Kerry as we walked along.
After
dinner rang Steve – he found a small nugget on the scraped area which was good.
They are planning to head to Leonora on Thursday – after he goes to the shops
tomorrow and gets his icecream and vegies!!
NO
PHOTOS TODAY.
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