Atherton Tablelands gets a wintery,drizzly blast from 4 to 8 am then fines up for few hours..so 2 seasons in 1 day..The layered look clothing is needed,to strip off later,The locals are breeding madly- all colors
-- Edited by ERI LI on Wednesday 6th of May 2020 04:51:15 PM
Hi Erin,
Don't be a tease! We all know that there are lots of nomads wanting to get to Paradise (North & Far North Qld) but can't as they are being stopped by restrictions with COVID-19.
They can tell you more chilly tales than what you've expressed here.
Yes, it was a little cool this morning at 4am in my summer jarmies waiting for the meteorite shower to appear (no I didn't see it). It was 15 degrees, I heard here in Townsville.
Like your butterflies - have you seen any Cairns Birdwings up there? We have heaps of vines but nothing to eat them! And it's a while since we've seen a Ulysses too.
Warren
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On one northern trip I pulled up at a lookout to stretch the legs.
An Uylsses settled on my bull bar.
By the time I got the camera ready it had flown off into the neighbouring rain forest. I could still see it way off but too far for a reasonable photo.
I have a plastic one sitting on the filing cabinet beside my computer.
Perhaps I should stick it to my bull bar, take a photo & tell a few porkies.
Hi Erin, Cupie,
We have a Euodia tree in our yard (the host plant for the Ulysses butterfly), also have lot of vines that the Cairns Birdwing eat but there are none around. The last time I saw a female C B-W was a month ago but no caterpillars yet.
A lot of the vines are going to the dump tomorrow as they are taking over our trees, garden.
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This plant loved by all butts,& controllable 1 ft or 10 ft..Flowers AYR,everyday..Blue ULYSSESS,anything..PENTAS..why don't you chop into 3-5 ft PC's & sell or giveaway-? Seems a waste..The butts are sometimes late & unpredictable,some breed in the hills to avoid too hot,like Cairns..Brief F.I.F.Os- you might see 1 a year..What is the vine-? Indian Clock Vine-- send me a boxfull- Atherton
ERI LI, I am loving your butterfly photos. We saw some beauties when we were up that way back about now in 2017. Current view from our outdoor room, we have had a migration of more common butterflies, that was a few weeks ago, but finished now.
All we can do is birdwatch and identify. Our list is increasing, we are up to 28 different birds now.
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