To add vibrancy to the garden, it is always a strategic move to have some butterfly attractants to the garden. One of this is Lantana Camara.
Lantana camara has small tubular shaped flowers arranged in terminal clusters. Each tiny flower has four petals. The flowers on the outer ring of the cluster open first, followed by the next inner row. The buds appeared as little bows.
I like this combination of sweet pastel colours. The mix of baby pink and light cream flowers is almost perfect.
This Jacintha Egg Fly can be seen extending its long proboscis deep into the tubular part of the tiny flowers.
Another had its wings slightly open revealing its gender - a male.
A tiny yellow butterfly took refuge from the heat on the underside of a leaf.
"Flies in the family Sarcophagidae (from the Greek sarco- = flesh, phage = eating; the same roots as the word "sarcophagus") are commonly known as flesh flies. They differ from most flies in that they are ovoviviparous, opportunistically depositing hatched or hatching maggots instead of eggs on carrion, dung, decaying material, or open wounds of mammals, hence their common name." ~extracted from Wikipedia
"Flies in the family Sarcophagidae (from the Greek sarco- = flesh, phage = eating; the same roots as the word "sarcophagus") are commonly known as flesh flies. They differ from most flies in that they are ovoviviparous, opportunistically depositing hatched or hatching maggots instead of eggs on carrion, dung, decaying material, or open wounds of mammals, hence their common name." ~extracted from Wikipedia
CAUTION: The following three photos are X-rated. Self-censorship is strongly advised.
This pair were caught in flagrante delicto right on the leaf of my L. camara.
"Flesh flies are often mistaken for houseflies due to their coloration and markings. However, their gray-checkered abdomens are distinctively larger than those of the housefly. Typically, flesh flies exhibit three dark stripes along the prothorax and four distinct bristles atop the thorax. An extra row of bristles is found beneath the flesh flies’ wings and yet another can be found at each side of the thorax. Flesh flies measure approximately 10 to 13 mm from end to end. Larvae are yellow in color, with pointed heads. Along with bottle and blowflies, flesh flies prove useful to forensic entomologists. These fly larvae may assist in pinpointing time of death. ~ extracted from Wikipedia
Flesh flies reproduce on decaying vegetable items, animal flesh, carcasses, garbage and excrement. Although flesh flies do not bite and are not carriers of disease, their feeding habits can become a nuisance. However, larvae can also prove beneficial to humans, as they are parasitic on the eggs and immatures of other pests such as grasshoppers, blowflies, houseflies, spiders and snails." ~extracted from http://www.orkin.com
A container of Lantanas in assorted colours.
A "Painted Lady" butterfly winging colours to compete with these striking orange-yellow Lantana flowers.
I presented some Lantana flowers to Nikolai ...
... but he sniffed at them disdainfully. I like his pink lips and two front teeth on both upper and lower jaws :)
A "Painted Lady" butterfly winging colours to compete with these striking orange-yellow Lantana flowers.
The following two images on my pet guinea pig was added on 3.8.14
I presented some Lantana flowers to Nikolai ...
A few heads of the pastel Pink and white Lantana camara in a white vase.
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