John&Jacq~s Garden

Posted by Jacqueline on October 8th, 2009

Chilades pandava pandava (Cycad Blue Butterfly, Plains Cupid) This species of blue butterflies are really very tiny and diminutive. You have to get real close and have good eyesight to enjoy its beauty. Thank God that we live in the digital age, where a simple point and shoot digital camera can work wonders to bring [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on December 18th, 2008

Daphnis nerii (Oleander Hawk-moth) Simply spectacular! To be able to see such a captivating hawk-moth in person is just too marvelous for words. And, to see its transformation from a shriveled leaf into such a strikingly beautiful moth within less than a minute is another wonderful experience altogether. Like magic actually! Reminds me of The [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on August 16th, 2008

Elymnias hypermnestra agina (Common Palmfly) The Common Palmfly is a nymphalid butterfly that often visits our tropical garden, especially attracted by our potted palm trees, located at the frontyard as well as the backyard. We grow three palm species, namely Manila Palm, Lady Palm and Macarthuri Palm and all have been ‘invaded’ by caterpillars of [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on August 14th, 2008

Lerema accius (Clouded Skipper) This attractive dark-brown skipper butterfly seems to love visiting our urban home-garden. It is seen so frequently flitting from bloom to bloom that I was never in a haste to capture its image knowing that I will never run out of photo opportunity. However, one morning early last month, it decided [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on July 10th, 2008

Cephrenes trichopepla (Yellow Palm-dart)

Posted by Jacqueline on May 6th, 2008

Overjoyed in capturing 16 fabulous shots of this strikingly beautiful butterfly Graphium agamemnon (Tailed Jay) recently, I then proceeded to create a collage of this beauty! Something I enjoy doing when I possess the right photos. Most of the images were close-ups, but there were 3 that stood out well for my purpose which was [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on May 1st, 2008

Graphium agamemnon (Tailed Jay, Green Spotted Triangle) – Whoa! I’m enraptured! Found this magnificent beauty in our garden a few days ago! A large tropical butterfly with a wingspan of 7-8 cm. What a spectacular looking butterfly! Apple green spots and bands of variable sizes beautifully contrast against its predominantly black upperside and fashioned in [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on April 30th, 2008

Eurema andersonii andersonii (One-spot Grass Yellow) – Humph…such a restless flier! This lovely yellow butterfly rarely stops to enable me to capture its image. Very often, the moment I glimpsed it flying around the Pithecellobium dulce ‘Variegated’ (Variegated Madras Thorn) in our garden, I’ll zoom in with camera but end up disappointed many a time. [...]