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Flutter on a flip flop
Just after we exited the cabinet, I noticed a butterfly attracted to Matt’s flip flop. It flew around for while, landing near my feet and eventually resting on the yellow sole.
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Pretty butterfly
The butterflies in Laos are very pretty and very big! We snapped this one whilst at the lookout, it was having a rest before playing with the dragonflies some more.
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Lost in the mountains
This butterfly almost blend into the flowers. It was very hard to photograph them as they don’t open their wings for very long!
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Is it a bird? No it’s a butterfly!
Whilst enjoying the chillled walk around the temples, we noticed a butterfly that was so big, some of us thought it was a bird or even a bat. I hope all Laos insects aren’t as huge as this!
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Idea Leuconoe
We’re now on Penang, a small Island connected to the West Coast of Malaysia’s mainland. Today we ventured to Penang’s Butterfly Farm and met lots of pretty tropical things!
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Hanging around, drinking nectar
There were so many butterflies fluttering about, it was hard to concentrate on one at a time, we kept seeing other, equally beautiful wings flying past.
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Chillin’ on a bamboo
The butterflies seemed to like resting in the sun. All that fluttering about must make them mighty tired!
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Admiring the wings
We don’t think we’ve ever seen so many gorgeous butterflies in one place before. Each speices had it’s own favourite plant too, hovering around it more than the others.
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In the jungle…
Okay, so we couldn’t miss out an obligatory butterfly mating shot. These two were at it for ages!
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Detailed shot
You can’t really tell from these pictures, but if you zoom in close you can see every single detail on the butterfly’s body.
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