Birthday Treat

Today was my birthday, and I would like to thank all the lovely people who sent greetings and good wishes to me, it was totally unexpected and made a great day even greater. My lovely wife took me to Williamson Park in Lancaster and we visited the Butterfly House and had a walk round the grounds. I took some photographs, which I would like to share with you.

These are two Owlwing butterflys feeding from some very ripe bananas.

A view of part of the house.

This is one of the two Red Legged Terrapins who share the house with the butterfly's.
The house also had a thriving population of air plants.

This little thing is an Oak Gall, inside the gall is the larva of a type of wasp, the hard exterior gives protection from predators.
Much of the natural rock in the park is stained by iron ore deposits.
This is a hatching cabinet in the house where the cocoons are kept out of harms way , untill the butterfly's emerge.
This beautiful butterfly is called a Glass wing.

Hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures.