A blue-shaded leafwing (prepona laertes) butterfly in slow motion in our garden greenhouse. 💙
A zebra longwing (heliconius charithonia) drinking nectar from a bottleneck flower in our garden greenhouse.
Wow! 🤩 The impressive blue-spotted firewing (catonephele numilia) butterfly in our garden greenhouse. 🔥
Hungry malachite (siproeta stelenes) butterflies in our garden greenhouse this morning! Jungle dwelling butterflies, like these malachites, drink the juices of rotting fruits as their main food source! 🍌
A Sara Longwing (heliconius Sara) butterfly showing off its beautiful wings in our garden greenhouse 💙
A blue wave (myscelia cyaniris) butterfly showing off its wave of iridescent blue in our garden greenhouse. 💙
A zebra longwing (heliconius charithonia) butterfly and a Sara longwing (heliconius Sara) butterfly drinking nectar together from the little purple flowers of a porterweed plant. Sharing is caring! 💜
A slow motion of video of a swallowtail butterfly’s wings as it sips a water/honey mixture from a sponge in our garden greenhouse
Eyes, eyes, eyes everywhere! 👀 Owl butterflies (caligos) are known for and easily identified by the “owl eye” on their wings. They are jungle dwelling butterflies, which means that their food source is not flowers but the juices of rotting fruits, like these bananas! 🍌
A monarch (danaus plexippus) butterfly drinking nectar in our garden greenhouse.
A video of the mating blue-spotted firewing (catonephele numilia) butterflies in our garden greenhouse. This species is dimorphic, meaning the males and females look completely different!
A butterfly buffet! Jungle dwelling butterfly species, like these Malachites (siproeta stelenes) and Starry Night Cracker (hamadryas laodamia) drink the juices of rotting fruits as the primary food source. 🍌🥭🍍🍋
A slow motion video of a butterfly drinking nectar from a flower in our garden greenhouse 🌺
We are in love with this new butterfly species, even the name, “starry night cracker” (hamadryas laodamia) is beautiful! 😍🌌
A beautiful Sara Longwing (heliconius sara) butterfly drinking nectar from the small flowers of a bottleneck plant in our garden greenhouse.
Blue morphos flying in our garden greenhouse 🦋
A very hungry caterpillar… 🌿🐛
Wait for it… A slow-motion video of an owl (calico memnon) butterfly in our jungle greenhouse.
A zebra longwing (heliconius charithonia) butterfly drinking nectar from a bottleneck flower in our garden greenhouse.
A blue wave (myscelia cyaniris) butterfly showing off it’s namesake “blue wave” in our garden greenhouse. 💙
A slow motion video of a stunning blue morpho in our garden greenhouse
A beautiful monarch (danaus plexippus) butterfly drinking nectar in our garden greenhouse.
The beautiful owl butterfly in our jungle greenhouse! 🌿
A ruby spotted swallowtail (papilio anchisiades) butterfly really showing off its namesake ruby spots on its wings, as it drinks nectar from a flower in our garden greenhouse! ❤️
Wait for it…. A blue morpho passing through but in slow motion! 😍🦋
The malachite (siproeta stelenes) butterfly showing off its beautiful patterned wings! 💚
Hungry hungry owl butterflies (caligo memnon) eating the juices of rotting bananas in our jungle greenhouse. 🌿
Postman Butterfly
A slow motion video of a female postman (heliconius erato) butterfly trying to find the perfect spot to lay an egg. And at the very end of the video she finds it and lays her egg!
