Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: on window

This is one of my favourite tropical butterflies - I love the pattern on the underside of the wings. Taken on 8 September 2011 in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo. This one had landed on a rather dirty window. This species, known as the Mosaic or Zebra Mosaic, (Colobura dirce) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and northern South America. "The butterflies habitually sit on the tree trunks in a head downwards posture, at a height of about 2 metres, to imbibe sap and moisture from crevices in the bark. If approached they sometimes try to evade the intruder by running around to the opposite side of the tree, and if followed will run back to their original position - quite literally forcing the observer to run around in circles after them. They are extremely reluctant to take flight when feeding, and if they are forced to do so they quickly return to resume feeding." www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Colobura%20dir...

I think, but am not sure, that this is a Variable Cracker (Hamadryas feronia), photographed on a water-stained window in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo on May 17th. Daren't spend any more time trying to confirm the ID - just so much I need to do, including starting to get my place ready for having all my heating ducts vacuumed out and my central heating furnace and water heater replaced on 3rd and 4th January - and then all the windows, ha. Need to squeeze a very simple Christmas in there, too : )

Photographed on a very dirty window in the Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo - actually, I rather like the texture it gives, lol. Love the common name of this beautiful tropical butterfly.

These Malachite butterflies in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo are just so beautiful, both the underside and the topside. Have to get ready soon to go off to do our Snake Monitoring and after that, must decide where to go. Just too many places and things to check out, sometimes I find it SO hard to choose : ) So often, it's the weather that helps with that decision, of course. "Siproeta stelenes, commonly known as the Malachite, is a neotropical brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae). The malachite has large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the uppersides and light brown and olive green on the undersides. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. The wingspread is typically between 8.5 and 10 cm (3.3 and 3.9 in). The malachite is found throughout Central and northern South America, where it is one of the most common butterfly species. Its distribution extends as far north as southern Texas and the tip of Florida, to Cuba, as subspecies S. s. insularis (Holland, 1916), and south to Brazil. Adults feed on flower nectar, rotting fruit, dead animals, and bat dung. Females lay eggs on the new leaves of plants in the Acanthaceae family, especially ruellia. The larvae are horned, spiny black caterpillars with red markings." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siproeta_stelenes

Love the common name of this butterfly, Grecian Shoemaker : ) Seen in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo. Males are black with six orange dots on the dorsal surface of the wings whereas females are very different, black with a light yellow band across the center of the fore wings.

This gorgeous Malachite butterfly at the Calgary Zoo took my breath away when I first caught sight of it. While far less colourful, the pattern on the underside of the wings is beautiful, too. "Siproeta stelenes, commonly known as the Malachite, is a neotropical brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae). The malachite has large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the uppersides and light brown and olive green on the undersides. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. The wingspread is typically between 8.5 and 10 cm (3.3 and 3.9 in). The malachite is found throughout Central and northern South America, where it is one of the most common butterfly species. Its distribution extends as far north as southern Texas and the tip of Florida, to Cuba, as subspecies S. s. insularis (Holland, 1916), and south to Brazil. Adults feed on flower nectar, rotting fruit, dead animals, and bat dung. Females lay eggs on the new leaves of plants in the Acanthaceae family, especially ruellia. The larvae are horned, spiny black caterpillars with red markings." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siproeta_stelenes Was out all morning, east of the city, and was happy to see my first Black-necked Stilt of the year - also Avocet, Gadwall, Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds, and so on. We were lucky to see the rare, recently reported, Common Teal/Eurasian Teal. It was very distant, at first swimming away from us, and then in flight. Better to have seen this distant, almost-silhouette bird, than not at all, LOL. No chance for photos this morning - all birds were much too far away. Gorgeous day, though. Crazy Calgary weather - supposed to get up to 20C today and even 23C on Tuesday (I think). Later: yay!!! Got home a short while ago after calling in at the Fish Creek Park Open House and then driving west a short way and managing to find the Mountain Bluebird that had been reported within city limits. I had tried twice before, without luck - so, third time lucky!.