#ThrowbackThursday - The Butterfly Place

On This Day - March 9, 2014

Happy #ThrowbackThursday. On this day in March of 2014 I joined other members of the New Ipswich Photography group at the Butterfly Place at 120 Tyngsboro Rd, Westford, MA 01886.  It is a perfect venue for photographers. Brightly colored butterflies resting on flowers under a large skylight. While I was reviewing these photos I realized how much better these photos could have been if I had some of my more recent camera equipment. I plant to return sometime this year with a new macro lens. We'll start with the most striking butterfly in the collection, the Blue Morpho (Morpho achilles).

Blue Morpho

https://flic.kr/p/2om43Ak Blue Morpho - Mar 9. 2014

This bright coloration would make the Blue Morpho an easy target for predators, but by closing its wing it becomes much less conspicuous.

https://flic.kr/p/2om43kv Blue Morpho (Wings folded) - Mar 9, 2014

Swallowtails

https://flic.kr/p/2om4mXD Citrus swallowtail - Mar 9, 2014https://flic.kr/p/2okYfe2 Great Yellow Mormon Swallowtail - Mar 9, 2014https://flic.kr/p/2om1Vrv Great Yellow Mormon Swallowtail - Mar 9. 2014

Zebra Longwing Butterfly

https://flic.kr/p/2om1V9m Zebra Longwing Butterfly - Mar 9, 2014

Scarlet Mormon

https://flic.kr/p/2om43uD Scarlet Mormon - Mar 9. 2014

Papilo memnon

https://flic.kr/p/2om4n4f Papilo memnon - Mar 9, 2014

New Arrivals

I assume this cage is the way that newly emerged butterflies are introduced into the atrium.

https://flic.kr/p/2okYeYY Butterflies - Mar 9. 2014

Chrysalis

In an attached room are rows of Chrysalis, but I didn't see any emerging butterflies.

https://flic.kr/p/2om1VAP Chrysalis - Mar 9. 2014

Parakeets?

I'm not sure why there were parakeets in the atrium but they seemed happy with their living conditions. No cages for them.

https://flic.kr/p/2om43E3 Parakeets - Mar 9, 2014