22 March 2015. To the botanical garden. On a smallish Eucalyptus tree in a pot in a hothouse, this adult giant prickly stick insect from Australia.
Before we had arrived at the garden, a song thrush sang from the top of a tree near a parking lot.
In the botanical garden, ring-necked parakeets flying and calling.
In the Victoria amazonica hothouse, we saw this gold-edged owl-butterfly. It was an old individual, with damaged wings.
First, we saw the upper side of its wings.
Then, the lower side.
Outside, bees had discovered the spring flowers.
I find stick insects so amazing. It is so hard to spot them but once you’ve seen one you see more and more…
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Indeed! It was relatively easy on this tree, as it was a small tree with not many leaves.
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