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

This is not a butterfly

This is an orchid

Just hatched

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

A butterfly lady

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

It seems that butterflies can play the mating game

Another view

Apparently butterfly mating takes some time

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

A different quiet state - enjoying dinner

From the other side

And this one has some red

My favorite

This is a flower - not a butterfly in disguise

However this is a butterfly

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

With the wings closed

Half open

Completely open and landing gear down

I like this red flower

Three butterflies can play on the same flower

a different view

And two butterflies can play

An interesting black butterfly

Dinner is served

with desert

Like the aqua dragonfly, this is simply breathtaking

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