John&Jacq~s Garden

Posted by Jacqueline on April 2nd, 2008

Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis – Commonly known as Dark Blue Tiger that aptly describes its blue tigerish stripes! What a fascinating butterfly it is! Even if I had wanted to, I could not forget this beauty that captured my attention almost a year ago. It provided me my first ever butterfly adventure in our garden and [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on April 1st, 2008

Papilio polytes (Common Mormon) – Looking out into our backyard from the kitchen around 1pm last July, I spotted this gorgeous beauty flying restlessly, moving from the Curry Leaf Plant (Murraya koenigii) to the Annona squamosa (Custard Apple) tree, then back again to the Curry Leaf briefly and settled on the Pigeon Berry (Duranta repens). [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on March 31st, 2008

Papilio demoleus malayanus (Lime Butterfly) – A relatively large butterfly with wingspan about 8-9cm that is quite a frequent visitor to our front yard garden. It is to be found hovering around foliage and flowering bushes, quite happy to remain still for sometime but take a quick flight whenever I approach too close for a [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on March 20th, 2008

Showcasing pictures of all the wildlife and living organisms of the animal kingdom, especially insects, that abounds in our own garden and elsewhere in Malaysia, that we have the pleasure of capturing. Absolutely fascinating! These nature images are compiled in this photo gallery to give you an overview of what’s available in our website, and [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on March 11th, 2008

Nyctemera coleta – Just have to document here the appearance of this gorgeous moth on one lovely afternoon in our tropical garden last December 12th. It looked so pretty, resting on the dark green foliage, in wonderful contrast! I’m so delighted that I had browsed through my photo archives of garden visitors today, otherwise I’d [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on February 3rd, 2008

Catopsilia pomona pomona (Lemon Emigrant or Common Emigrant) A very pale yellow butterfly came visiting a few weeks ago. Being both a gardening and butterfly enthusiast, I’m always on the lookout for these beautiful insects as I potter around in our garden. This time, while weeding yet looking up every now and then, I spotted [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on January 17th, 2008

Amathusia phidippus phidippus (Indian Palm King, Palm King) Wow! What a beauty this gorgeously patterned butterfly is! How wonderful to be able to capture a dozen close-up shots of it with my compact camera Canon Powershot A60, and to continue delighting in all its fabulous images on my personal computer as and when I desire, [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on January 16th, 2008

Suastus gremius gremius (Palm Bob, Indian Palm Bob) – Though a relatively small and common skipper butterfly, all the same it is beautiful in my eyes! I first found it last April in our garden, darting from plant to plant in quick succession until it finally rested on a hibiscus leaf. How excited I was [...]