Butterfly Effect Vox 2009-12-27T07:12:09Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p0100a801ee89000e/ Mayhem on a Butterfly's Wing Second Encounters tag:vox.com,2009-12-27:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e0123f18db592860f 2009-12-27T07:12:09Z 2009-12-27T07:12:09Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Female colour sergeant Cinnamomum iners and bug

Note on photo: Scientific name - Athyma nefte subrata. Males have white bands instead. Photo taken of it here. Males were around but not cooperative today.. .hanging around on high branches chasing each other. I was out for only a few hours be...

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]]> Poor Katie... tag:vox.com,2009-12-21:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e0123dde0d95c860c 2009-12-21T14:42:12Z 2009-12-27T07:15:54Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Parasited caterpillar Parasited katie-pillar IMG_2031 Poor parasited katie-pillar Lebadea martha parkeri (the knight) IMG_1739 IMG_1730

Only just yesterday, this lil caterpillar was moving like a freight train through my little tank... one day later... it was covered in little furry eggs and didn't seem to be moving. Note on photo above: Butt view She wasn't eating yesterday so I...

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]]> All Quiet tag:vox.com,2009-12-13:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e0123ddf185d0860d 2009-12-13T14:59:22Z 2009-12-26T06:36:41Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Praying 1 Praying 2 Lebadea Martha Parkeri (The Knight) Tanaecia iaspis puseda (Horsfield baron) Iambrix salsala salsala (Chestnut bob) IMG_1661

Note on photos of praying mantis: A mantis does not pray. It's preys. And thus shows us all what the business of its prayer. I never noticed the small illusory pupil of the mantis' compound eye until I saw it move. Note on photo above: Never...

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]]> Gombak and a friend's backyard tag:vox.com,2009-12-03:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e01240b809bec860e 2009-12-03T17:24:51Z 2009-12-26T07:37:03Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Appias lyncida vasava (Chocolate albatross) Polyura jalysus jalysus Maybe stimula swinhoei Topside maybe stimula swinhoei Record 3 IMG_1368 Royal Assyrian record shot Papilio nephelus sunatus (black and white helen) Neptis hylas papaja (Common Sailor) Graphium sarpedon luctatius (common bluebottle) Unid damsel Unid damsel2 Ampittia dioscorides camertes (Bush hopper) IMG_1387 IMG_1460 IMG_1319 IMG_1377 IMG_1492 IMG_1334 IMG_1389 IMG_1352 IMG_1322 IMG_1361 Turtle bug IMG_1380 IMG_1355 Child

Note on photo above: Choc Albatross was sitting around a pile of sand in an Orang Asli community. In a perpetual of cycle of bad timings, the second trip back to KL for butterflies this year happened to be the beginning of the Malaysian monsoon (...

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]]> Butterfly Lollies tag:vox.com,2009-11-22:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e0123f1800bae860f 2009-11-22T16:15:35Z 2009-12-26T07:41:06Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Moduza procris milonia on a stick Moduza procris milonia (commander) on a stick Backlit tatty Commander Commander lollipop Pandita sinope sinope (Colonel) Pandita sinope sinope lollipop Very faded Rapala suffusa barthema (Suffused flash) feeding on melastoma Hoary palmer Semi transparent moth Big mama of an archduke Maybe Arhopala eumolphus maxwelli (Green Oakblue) Euthalia monina monina female Euthalia monina monina female lollipop Euthalia monina monina male Eulaceura osteria kumana (Purple duke) lollipop Yellow vented hornet Yellow-vented hornet (Vespa analis)

Another Small Window Of Blue Today was another small rare window of sunshine. And Mother Nature's rare birthday gift were some of my favourite skittlebugs on melastoma icky sweet sticks. I finally got another photo of the ...

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]]> "Blue Skies... talking about blue skies..." tag:vox.com,2009-11-21:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e0123f17fba2a860f 2009-11-21T17:12:03Z 2009-12-26T07:43:04Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Great eggfly hypolimnas bolina bolina Polyura hebe plautus (Plain Nawab) Hypolycaena erylus teatus (Common Tit) (Autumn Leaf) Doleschallia bisaltide bisaltide Common Tit upperside Euthalia aconthea gurda (Baron) Tatty Flos apidanus Moduza procris procris (Commander) caterpillar body Moduza procris procris (Commander) head shot Pemara pugnans (Pugnacious lancer) Moduza procris procris (Commander) sulking Fluffy bright yellow caterpillar Tholymis tillarga male unique wing colouring Tholymis tillarga male sideview Tholymis tillarga male dragonfly Pink eyed fly not in the sky Hypolimnas anomala anomala (Malayan Eggfly)

Note on photo above: Great eggfly in the sky... Note on Plain Nawab: I clomped on in my heavy boots till I was somewhere around where Mr and Mrs Gandalf lived. And found to my surprise a Plain Nawab sitting on dog do. Eee~~... but yet amazing. ...

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]]> November's Rain tag:vox.com,2009-11-17:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e0123ddd3f010860c 2009-11-17T15:56:23Z 2009-12-26T07:44:14Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

IMG_1136 A dead yellow One lonely skppity IMG_1152 IMG_1156 Lime butterfly IMG_1149 IMG_1144

It's been raining. Raining. Raining. Butterflies are either not there or they are dead or they are very lonely. I brought the smore one to a trail but he refused to walk down any of the dodgey looking trails. He was elated to find a small farm...

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]]> S.A.M. and M.O.G. tag:vox.com,2009-11-08:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e0123f1797bb2860f 2009-11-08T16:10:48Z 2009-12-26T07:47:59Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

SAM museum5 SAM museum3 SAM museum Pink lady Orchids in the sun Papilio prexaspes prexaspes (Blue Helen) Broadway beng Cethosia cyane (Leopard lacewing) Logania marmorata damis Maybe Arhopala athada athada (Vinous Oakblue) Lonolyce helicon merguiana (Pointed Line Blue) Suastus gremius gremius (Palm bob) Drupadia ravindra moorei (common posy) upperside Drupadia ravindra moorei (common posy) poses Chilades pandava pandava (Cycad blue) Jamides alecto agelades (Metallic caerulean) Hypolimnas bolina bolina (great eggfly)

Note on photo above: Me n friends went down to check out the art museum party on Saturday. Some of them looked they came right out of a nightmare. Note on photo above: Neither my friend nor I dared to enter the room at the back... it was too eer...

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]]> Some more G10 experimentation tag:vox.com,2009-11-01:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e0123dddff59d860d 2009-11-01T16:18:38Z 2009-12-26T07:53:31Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

IMG_0902 Colour acuity IMG_0912 IMG_0928 IMG_0921 IMG_0894 Cooking with jamie Raw fishy fishy Steamed delicious Drupadia ravindra moorei (common posy) topside3 Drupadia ravindra moorei (common posy) topside2 Drupadia ravindra moorei (common posy) topside Drupadia ravindra moorei (common posy) underside Female archduke topside (Lexias pardalis dirteana) (Lexias pardalis dirteana) female archduke Male archduke (Lexias pardalis dirteana) Close up to the female archduke (Lexias pardalis dirteana) Male archduke topside (Lexias pardalis dirteana)

For Your Eyes Only Try this funny test: www.xrite.com I have perfect colour sensitivity. So they say. Just about everyone I know owns a G-series now. Why do the male archdukes not...

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]]> Where Eagles Fly Over Sleeping Forests tag:vox.com,2009-10-25:asset-6a0100a801ee89000e01240b6f2cfc860e 2009-10-25T06:26:21Z 2009-12-26T07:57:22Z butterflyeffect http://butterflyeffect.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Where the eagles fly Neptis leucoporus cresina (grey sailor) Papilio demoleus malayanus (mating lime butterflies) Lime butterflies on their host plant Junonia almana javana (peacock pansy) Hanging out over pineapples

Note on photo: Unprocessed photo. But look at that magnificent glare... this is one regal bird. Where Eagles Fly I brought one of the senior photographers to a little used trail which I found while waltzing around a frequented site. But it yiel...

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