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Butterfly Farming in Kenya: The Untapped Potential
Kenya is home to a thriving butterfly farming industry. The industry began in the 1990s as a way to generate income and conserve the country’s forests. Today, the industry is worth millions of dollars and employs thousands of people. However, the industry is not without its challenges. Many farmers complain that the government is not doing enough to support the sector. They also say that the…
#African Monarch butterfly#Blue Diadem butterfly#butterfly biodiversity#butterfly breeding#butterfly conservation#butterfly exhibits#butterfly export market#butterfly farming#butterfly farming benefits#butterfly farming challenges#butterfly farming income#butterfly farming Kenya benefits#butterfly farming Kenya challenges#butterfly farming process#butterfly habitats#butterfly lifecycle#butterfly products market#butterfly pupae#butterfly rearing#butterfly research#butterfly species in Kenya#butterfly tourism#butterfly zoos#eco-tourism Kenya#environmental conservation Kenya.#forest conservation#Green-banded Swallowtail#Kenya butterfly farming#Kenyan butterfly farmers#sustainable farming
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We should really appreciate the variety in pupae more.
Like, here we have flies doing the absolute bare minimum. It's just a pod. Fly grows inside a pod, that's it.
Butterfly chrysalises seem to have the same minimalism...but then you look closely, and can see the future butterfly parts are all outlined.
And then you have beetles just making a whole balloon animal shape to grow into.
(Beetle pupa source: http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/pupation/pupation_captivity.html )
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Epistrophus white morpho butterfly, Morpho epistrophus, Nymphalidae
Found in eastern South America
Photo 1 by ulisesbalza, 2 by jjbonannod, 3 by deboas, 4 by vinicius_s_domingues, 5 by gabrielamsouza, 6 by fredericosonntag, 7 by sitiocandeias, 8 by laura-_-, and 9-10 by calydna
#animals#curators on tumblr#insects#bugs#butterfly#caterpillar#larva#pupa#chrysalis#congregation#epistrophus white morpho#morpho#one nice bug#love those red fellas#fuzzy...
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my freakshow butterfly girl i keep doodling
#art#digital art#artists on tumblr#character design#oc#butterfly#i’ve been calling her butterfly demon but i shall now name her:#oc pupa#pupa.#she’s like a freaky parasite that eats ppl. but it’s okay she’s just a girl#also kinda off topic but i’ve been contemplating making a comic. idk#so prepare to get a lot of practice strips coming ur way
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sketches for sleight's van, the Magicmobile ^_^
#I had a lot of fun designing this!!!!!#i used the volkswagen kombi van as the base model and drew inspiration from modded cars with high rides#to kinda mimic those old horsedrawn caravan wagons.. i tried to keep functionality in mind so the tire covers on the chassis have#grips for where you would put your feet if you were to get in the drivers seat kinda like those huge freight trucks.. and since the ride#height is a little high theres a pool ladder attached to the back to mimic a caravan and to help ppl get in from the back#also exciting coming up with the stage side door.. i dont know exactly how it would work but i imagine the handle at the top#has to be turned and pulled in order to set up the stage.. and then theres a locking mechanism to keep it in place..??#theres also a stage curtain right behind the door where sleight would come out to do his performance so thats fun!!!#i dont have much to say abt the interior except i forgot to include the ladder which would help reach the skylight#the skylight is a little domed and i riffed that off the kombi camper too but its to contain his butterflies before and after shows ^_^#the hatch is inspired by the net stormdoor at my aunts house.. kinda like chicken wire?? and then there are flowers and pupae#idk if im ever gonna get around to coloring this but im happy finally getting my ideas down and turning it in my head lol#my art#myart#my oc#oc#sleight#concept art#interior#laikas comet oc#fan character#doodles
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#hosico#hosico the cat#cat#cute#funny#gif#funny gif#cute gif#animals#pets#lol#cats on tumblr#cats of tumblr#The birth of a butterfly from a pupae#hosico cat#chunky kitty#playing#cat playing#wise-emperor#cat lovers#orange cat
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Spitefully redesigned Pupa in a single day cause I can do that now I guess.
#After mentioning about Pupa in the tags of my last art post. I started thinking about him for a bit#I was always a bit... Iffy... About his initial design. Like it's a bit excessive imo. So he's been on my redesign list until recently#And by recently I mean 10am today for. Whatever reason honestly#ally's ocs#art#gijinka#original character#OC: Pupa#He always loved adventure. But being a Song meant he's unable to leave the Tower. Which led to him yearning for more#And that was granted (via Altale) through his ability to travel through dreams by following the butterfly#The girl in the MV (name pending) is in one of the many dreams Pupa came across#There's something about her that makes her stand out from everyone else. And so he stuck with her and her insect kingdom dream for a while#At the end of their adventures. He invited her to the Tower. To become a player and maybe challenge him one day#But. He doesn't know whether she accepted the invitation or not. It's been years after all
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damn
#(skit)hesia#arthesias ocs#rhymix: skits#splashes of pink (does it belong to you?): mantis (oc)#butterflies tear people apart: pupa (oc)#the past sealed away with metamorphosis: larva (oc)
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A MidAutumn’s Metamorphosis
#my art#art#watercolor#mixed media#pupa#cocoon#butterfly#fairy#fall aesthetic#autumn#colored pencil#painting#illustration
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Papilio polyxenes--Black Swallowtail Butterfly Part 1
Been some years since I've raised these, but it was a fantastic experience to do so! All photos are mine, most unedited, except for the one on the chicory plant because it was pretty dull lighting and I wanted to bring out the colour.
They caterpillars were munching away in my grandmother's raised herb garden, so I took them in and raised them. Then when they hatched I put them on various flowers in her garden. In college when I brought the last of the season's pupas with me, I put the ones that hatched on the wildflowers outside.
The caterpillars have five instars (some people say only three; I say they aren't paying enough attention). They start off looking like bird shit and with each moult they get stripier until they're green or white with black stripes that have yellow spots. Then eventually they choose a spot, take a massive shit, string themselves up, do a dance, shuck their skin and then harden.
The pupas are either green or brown depending on their environment. They aren't completely immobile. They will jerk about if something irritates them.
When the butterflies hatch it takes a little time for them to work up to flying. In that window, you can stage them and get your photos in before they take off.
The darker adults with the larger blue areas are female and the ones with the broader yellow stripes are the males. Most of mine ended up female. I personally think the females are prettier with their black and blue, but the males are still very attractive butterflies as well. See him face on the red geraniums. :)
Hand pictured is mine. lol
#my photos#my butterflies#photography#raising butterflies#blackswallowtailbutterfly#black swallowtail butterfly#Papilio polyxenes#butterflies#moths and butterflies#lepidopterans#lepidoptera#insects#caterpillars#beautiful animals#baby animals#female black swallowtail#butterfly larvae#insect larvae#baby butterflies#pupas#chrysalis#pupa#flowers#butterflies on flowers#butterfly wings#butterfly face
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Metamorphosis captured: fascinating pictures of butterfly pupae by Levon Biss — Visualflood Magazine
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All the other moths make these elaborate cocoons in all different shapes--some even make one big cocoon together!--but butterflies just had to be like, "Nah, I'll just be super hard"
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Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius, Nymphalidae
Photo 1 by johnnyrandom, 2 by ronald63, and 3-7 by mazzeip
#animals#curators on tumblr#insects#bugs#butterfly#two tailed pasha#Charaxes#dragon headed caterpillar#pupa#chrysalis#caterpillar#larva#egg#one nice bug
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Amazing how the color changed with the angle and amount of light!
#pupa#nature#whatgetsyououtdoors#canon#outdoors#photo#photooftheday#photography#wildlife#farmlife#macrophotography#pupae#butterfly#butterfly photography#butterflies#caterpillar#entomology#insects
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fam pic
#art#artists on tumblr#digital art#character design#oc pupa#got pupa on the mind. gotta get her OUT#was gonna add more but i gotta focus on comms…..#butterfly#oc#oc artwork#i luv my freaky parasite daughter#do not clock me for the cocoon…anatomy? I am not a butterfly
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