Black fuscous Swallowtail caught by spider Butterfly

Butterflies in Wynnum

Butterfly movie

When I began filming butterflies in my Wynnum backyard I became addicted. The more I learnt about these insects the more fascinated I became with them. I discovered I have over thirty different species. Below are some of the butterflies I found in my garden.

Swallowtail Butterflies

Blue Triangle

  • Blue Triangle
  • Blue Triangle
  • Blue Triangle
Swallowtail Butterflies

Pale Triangle

  • Pale triangle butterfly
    Pale Triangle

Orchard Swallowtail

Clear Wing Swallowtail

  • Papilio Aegus
    Orchard Swallowtail -male
  • Orchard Swallowtail -male
  • Orchard Swallowtail – male
  • Orchard Swallowtail – female
  • Orchard Swallowtail – female
  • Orchard Swallowtail – female
  • Orchard Swallowtail – female

Clearwing Swallowtail

  • Cressida cressida
    Clearwing Swallowtail – female

Dainty Swallowtail

  • Dainty Swallowtail

Fuscous Swallowtail

  • Black fuscous Swallowtail caught by spider Butterfly
    Fuscous Swallowtail

Whites and Yellows

  • Black Jezebel
  • Black Jezebel – male
  • Scarlet Jezebel
  • Caper Gull
  • Lemon Migrant
  • Lemon Migrant
  • Lemon Migrant
  • Cabbage White
  • Cabbage White
  • Caper White – female
  • Caper White – Male
  • Caper White – male and female
  • Yellow
  • Small Grass Yellow
  • Pearl White
  • Yellow Albatross – Male
  • Yellow Albatross – female
  • Yellow Albatross – female

Blues

  • Zebra Blue female
  • Grass blue
  • Cycad Blue
  • Bright Cornelian
  • Bright Cornelian – male
  • White-banded Line-blue – female
  • White-banded Line-blue
  • Pencil Blue
  • Hairy Line Blue -male
  • Hairy Line-blue – female
  • Small Green banded Blue
  • Pencil Blue – male
  • Pencil Blue – female
  • Zebra Blue
  • Speckled Line-blue
  • Long-tailed Pea-blue

Skippers

  • Orange Palm Dart
  • Grass Skipper
  • Splendid Ochre
  • Splendid Ochre
  • Splendid Ochre

Nymphs

  • Tailed Emperor
  • Aeroplane
  • Aeroplane
  • Crow
  • Common Egg Fly male
  • Common Egg Fly female
  • Evening Brown
  • Evening Brown
  • Glass Wing
  • Glass Wing
  • Meadow Argus
  • Painted Lady
  • Painted Lady
  • Swamp Tiger
  • Bordered Rustic
  • Brown Ringlet

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