John&Jacq~s Garden

Articles on wildlife in tropical Malaysia, arranged by posting dates.

Posted by Jacqueline on August 5th, 2007

What a gorgeous creature this butterfly is! Scientific name: Junonia almana javana Common name: Peacock Pansy

Posted by Jacqueline on June 28th, 2007

Neurothemis fluctuans (Red Grasshawk dragonfly) I just love it if an insect visits our garden when least expected, like a visiting relative! :D This gorgeous looking Red Grasshawk dragonfly flew in and perched on the leaf tip of Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Golden Hahnii’ whilst I was happily snapping the colorful mounds of Ruellia Brittoniana ‘Katie’ that [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on June 23rd, 2007

Our tropical garden visitors are interestingly beautiful and a delight to watch, to me anyway! There are many fantastic bugs and insects found loitering at our front yard when I seek them out, especially to photograph their details which is visibly unseen with my naked eye. Somehow their amazing forms and patterns stand out in [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on June 19th, 2007

Yippee! Helpful bugs and insects – come and swarm our garden, you’re most welcome! Garden pests – be gone! You’re not at all welcomed! I can’t get enough of these lovely creatures visiting our garden, especially our Malaysian butterflies and bees! Here’s sharing some wonderful captures of our garden visitors! Enjoy! :D

Posted by Jacqueline on June 4th, 2007

Hypolimnas bolina (Great Eggfly, Blue Moon Butterfly) What an absolutely glorious sight! And to succeed in capturing this beautiful butterfly with my Canon PowerShot A60 point-and-shoot camera is beyond my wildest expectation! I was actually capturing images of our Brunfelsia calycina/pauciflora bush one lovely sunny morning in May when this Great Eggfly fluttered around and [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on April 29th, 2007

Continuing from delighting in our garden plant life to exciting adventures with the animal kingdom that share our wonderful world! April had been an extraordinary month for me as I undertake to capture images of the many visitors to our garden. Of particular interest to me are the birds, butterflies, bees, dragonflies, snails, wasps and [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on April 20th, 2007

Pycnonotus luteolus (White-browed Bulbul) These lovely birds, commonly found in our tropical country, can teach us humans a thing or two about love and romance! They’re regular visitors to our garden and are always sighted flying in pairs, although distancing a few feet from each other as if on a reconnaissance mission! Ever watchful and [...]