Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail again

So far, this is my BEST ever trip to the AHBT.

I have been waiting so long, and finally, my exams

are over, so I could visit this trail again. When I got

there, as usual, there was a birdwing and a few

common palmflies and chocolate pansies. This

trail, probably has all the species of bush browns.

I found this long branded bush brown, fluttering

around, unfortunately, its hindwing had been

badly chipped. ( below )

There were also roses ( the butterflies ), mormons,

yellows and blues. Here's the exciting part. I

finally entered the trail and headed strait to the

blue and dark glassy tiger's favourite flowering

bush. this is a close up of the blue glassy tiger

( below and not cropped, and my sister took it )

The tiger was clearly not bothered, as when a

tiger or a crow is disturbed, it would extrude a

pair of scent hairs that gives off a strong pungent

odour. While this one, did not. ( below: the tiger

with its wings open, showing a wingspan of 7cm )

the tiger was sure having a nice meal. Maybe it

was already drunk, as it did not feel me stroking

its hind leg !

Just then, a leopard came into view. It was feeding

on lantana. Isn't the leopard beautiful?

Now, butterflies love rotting fruit, especially

mango. It happened that a little bit further,

there were rotting mangoes covering the ground.

On each mango, there were at least three

butterflies. Too bad I scared them off before I

could get their photo. However, this dark branded

bush brown stayed on the mango. I thought that

was a good choice, as I would be happy getting its

photo, and it would be happy too as it could

enjoy some mango. ( below )

I saw many more butterflies, but that's the end of

my post......