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April 10, 2008

Peacock caterpillar - learning butterflies in the garden

I caught a butterfly - it must have been very hungry, cos it was 'glued' to the flower - wind was shaking it back and forth, I came close to make pictures and it was still exploring the inside in the search of nectar.
With surprise I realised on the pictures, cos in reality butterflies are too small or fly away too fast, that this one is so hairy.
His name is Inachis io / Peacock caterpillar/ Rusalka pawik.
In general I don't know the names of butterflies - I am going to learn it. It is difficult to identify them - I found one very useful American website but also wiki helped a lot.



This is first 'colored' butterfly in my garden this year.



12 comments:

  1. Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen10 April, 2008 10:54

    Such lovely pics of the butterfly Ewa. We have peacock butterflies here too. We call them Day Peacock Eye Butterfly, quite a mouthfull, don't you think? Like you I'm trying to learn all the names of all the insects in my garden.

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  2. Lisa at Greenbow10 April, 2008 13:11

    What a gorgeous butterly. I have never seen one like this before.

    Maybe you can find a good butterfly field guide to help identify them.

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  3. CanadianGardenJoy10 April, 2008 13:15

    Ewa ... you have taken amazing shots of that butterfly ! .. it will be a long time before I have them in my garden .. and I am sure I won't see one like that !
    Thank you for sharing that gorgeous little wonder with us : )
    Joy

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  4. Melanie Chopay10 April, 2008 13:17

    What wonderful, amazing photographs! We haven't seen any butterflies here yet but I saw a few bees yesterday so hopefully they aren't far away.

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  5. Gardeness10 April, 2008 19:14

    These are lovely shots. I've yet to see such colorful butterflies in our yard. Thanks.

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  6. Gail10 April, 2008 20:05

    ewa,

    Wonderful photos, the last one looked like it could scare away a preditor, eyes and mouth and a big blue beard!


    gail

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  7. garden girl10 April, 2008 23:45

    Just beautiful Ewa. I've never seen a butterfly like that before.

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  8. Carol Soules11 April, 2008 07:32

    And what a great "catch" you have!!! Beautiful pictures.
    terranovadesign.blogspot.com

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  9. Carol Soules13 April, 2008 00:14

    Hi Ewa!! You've been tagged by me! I am hoping to cross pollinate some of my art blog friends and garden blog friends !
    Hope you'll "play."
    Terranovadesign.blogspot.com

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  10. Jane O'13 April, 2008 01:53

    Fantastic pictures. Great colors.

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  11. Barbara13 April, 2008 15:01

    Super! you caught it wonderful, this beautiful peacock caterpillar. Up to now I didn't see any caterpilar...maybe it is too wet outside!

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  12. Anonymous06 October, 2008 00:43

    Wow!
    that creature is SO beautiful.

    Beautiful pictures too!

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