Brush-footed Butterfly - Photo Quest

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My Life, My Garden

Homeward bound, one common event, most are currently spending time in the garden enjoying nature up close and personal with laws restricting our movement, law cannot restrict the movement of what happens in nature, let us take a look into the world of Brush-footed butterflies.

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African Monarch - Danaus chrysippus aegyptius

The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world, belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea. These are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend into their surroundings. Source: Wikiwand

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No venturing out, wait for nature to visit you under these circumstances, something always arrives reluctantly settling for a crazy human to try capture whilst they are busy on the move.

For a little fun included into this post is pinmapple@pinmapple show where you are and become part of collated information in one place!

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Citrus Swallowtail - Papilio demodocus And Pinmapple

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Thought for Today: "Life is your ability to breath out every time you breathe in." - African Proverb

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