{"id":15068,"date":"2011-02-19T08:09:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=15068"},"modified":"2020-06-20T20:19:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T00:19:13","slug":"las-mariposas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=15068","title":{"rendered":"El Mariposario"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since telling La Ni\u00f1a<\/em> the story of how butterflies would land on my hand in Malaysia<\/a>, she has wanted her own butterfly landing experience. She certainly honed her skills in Costa Rica — and became a butterfly catching expert. The secret is to be patient, still, calm and gentle.<\/p>\n

The right photo is of a Blue Morpho<\/em>, one of the more common butterflies found in Costa Rica. <\/p>\n

But, it’s not blue.<\/em><\/p>\n

Correct. It’s not blue — because when the Blue Morpho<\/em> closes it’s wings it blends in with the surrounding vegetation. However, when the butterfly opens its wings it morphs into this:<\/p>\n

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Below is some kind of swallowtail<\/em> with which La Ni\u00f1a<\/em> is demonstrating her expert butterfly whispering abilities. (This is commendable. It’s tough to be calm and patient when you’re little.)<\/p>\n

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Next, we discovered this beautiful example of a Doris Longwing<\/em>. It was so proud of its colours that it actually posed. However, it was coy and didn’t seem to want to land on anyone’s hand.<\/p>\n

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Finally, here are some more swallowtails<\/em> feasting on a watermelon<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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