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 23rd, 2008

Sarcophaga spp. (Flesh Fly) – What a gorgeous insect this fly can appear to be! It flew right into our courtyard and landed with ease on the leaf of Dieffenbachia Amoena ‘Tropic Snow’ as I was checking for mealy bugs that are rampant on some of our foliage plants. How wonderful to be able to [...]

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 18th, 2008

Trithemis aurora (Crimson or Dawn Dropwing) Wow! I just couldn’t believe my eyes! What amazing colors this captivating dragonfly displayed! I am so delighted that it stayed almost still for about 20 minutes on the Crossandra undulifolia flowering spike. Haha, long enough for me to get over the initial fumbling with my point and shoot [...]

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 23rd, 2008