I know this is a post that will be very pleasing to several of our regular followers!
With bright sunshine and warm autumn weather in the Drakensberg the butterflies come out to play in their numbers, and we go chasing them with camera in hand. These little beauties were all fluttering around Mahai in the Royal Natal National Park on Monday.
African Monarch
Common Blue (Leptotes sp)
Forest Beauty
Gaudy Commodore (dry season form)
Green-banded Swallowtail
Green-banded Swallowtail
Marsh Commodore
Rainforest Brown
Yellow Pansy
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Lovely post, Dries. Such a pleasurable way to exercise, chasing butterflies around the veld 😊
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Much, much, much, much better than being cooped up at home!
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My kind of place! Such variety reminds me of the phrase ‘ kid in a sweet shop’.
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I thought of both you and AJ Vosse and how much fun you would’ve had in the hills chasing these beauties around!
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That would have been heaven! I’m hoping I will be able to chase ‘our’ butterflies this spring with everywhere in ‘lockdown’ at present.
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Such pretty creatures, Dries. They sat so still for you. 😅
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Some of them must have gotten really tired of having me chasing them up and down! 😀
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Dankie Dries! Ek het nou so pas meer bottervliegge hier gesien as wat ek al die lente hier gesien het!
We’ve had a few warm days here and a few hibernating butterflies have called around in the garden… less species and numbers than your gallery contains so it is indeed a gift you have shared with me!
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We knew this post was going to meet with your approval, AJ!
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Lovely and cheering. Thank you.
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They do exactly the same for me, thanks Carol!
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When I’m out birding I am always on the lookout for butterflies and an opportunity to “capture” them digitally going about their short, busy lives. Beautiful photos, all of them!
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Thanks very much, Don – I’m really astounded by the diversity of butterflies we have, and some of them are just as tricky to identify as the LBJ’s! 😀
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🙂
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Lovely to see that smile, Tracy!
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Pragtig
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Is dit nie, Ineke!?
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Beslis goed om n mens se gedagtes vol te maak in hierdie tyd.
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Beautiful butterflies Dries, what a treat at this time of year! 🦋
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Absolutely, Xenia – a wonderful reason to look forward to the day we can explore again!
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I am one of those fans! I bought a book about gardening for butterflies to read through during lock down as I really want to be able to identify them. Thank you for sharing these lovely photographs of butterflies.
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I’ve found butterfly-watching a wonderful new hobby, Anne, and I can really recommend Steve Woodhall’s “Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa” published in 2005. It is available in e-book format and features almost all the 660+ butterflies found in the RSA.
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