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January 2, 2007:Butterflies at Sentosa Island

Today was a public holiday in Singapore - and since some of our grandkids are going to visit next summer, we started checking out places that would be interesting. Today we visited the Butterfly Garden at Sentosa Island - a large open sort-of-cage with a small rain forest and butterflies. Here are the photos - and comments to follow

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This is not a butterfly

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This is an orchid

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Just hatched

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This is Ellen's finger - and the first flight of this butterfly after exiting the hatchery.

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A butterfly lady

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This little guy just sat there on this blade of whatever - long enough for me to focus.

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It seems that butterflies can play the mating game

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Another view

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Apparently butterfly mating takes some time

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These yellow and black butterflies are active and it takes some patience to catch them in a quiet state

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A different quiet state - enjoying dinner

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From the other side

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And this one has some red

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My favorite

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This is a flower - not a butterfly in disguise

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However this is a butterfly

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This is a sequence of the same butterfly - from the side

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With the wings closed

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Half open

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Completely open and landing gear down

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I like this red flower

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Three butterflies can play on the same flower

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a different view

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And two butterflies can play

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An interesting black butterfly

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Dinner is served

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with desert

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Like the aqua dragonfly, this is simply breathtaking

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and just to avoid confusion, these are not butterflies. They are mild scorpions - with a bee-like sting (accofding to the guy holding them

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