WOV’s Insectarium: Apple Green Moth

NITE VIM | A close-up of nighttime’s most active creature [Green-Winged Lepidopteran: An apple-green moth adorning the walls during the hours of darkness.] This Christmas, I am not going anywhere – but home – to bring you the lights and glitters of the holiday. Here’s what I got first… an alluring moth painted with my favorite apple green color and freckled with some dazzling gold spots and lining. Moths are night-flying insects that resemble...

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Laoag City | Fort Ilocandia Resort And Casino

SUPER INN | Romancing Ilocos’ most extensive and expensive hotel [Hotel Ilocos: Sauntering Fort Ilocandia, one of the oldest and premier resort hotel in Norte (at the lobby, shopping center, garden, mini zoo and fountain area).] In the sundrenched immensity of Ilocos Norte where foliage of happiness easily withers, comes an ingenious countertype of hothouse which thrives the budding of climate-sensitive enjoyment…  From Left: The...

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Laoag City | Amid Reconstruction And Modernization

URBAN SPLURGE | A road trip in the Sunshine City [Picture Prelude: The signature opening look, viewing the Sinking Bell Tower, Holy Spirit Academy, Mc Donald signpost, etc, of Laoag City once you arrived from south.] In all honesty, there is no real commotion going on in Laoag City. People go there (or should I say stop there) because it is the entry point to Ilocos’ treasures, to the northernmost part, to the bucolic beaches and impressive...

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WOV’s Insectarium: Yellow Dragonfly

RURAL BLISS | Look around and gaze this flying gem of nature [Veggie Shade: A yellow-colored dragonfly closed up over a Bermuda grass background for a photo op.] Nature has a lot to offer – from dramatic landscapes to eye-catching creatures. Sure thing, they attract us. Tourists, photographers and nature lovers are increasing in trend because of this glorious spectacles. Walking near the farmlands of Bangui, Ilocos Norte feels...

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WOV’s Insectarium: Gaika Butterfly

RURAL BLISS | Photographing the tiniest in Ilocos Norte [Gaika Blue: The half-inch butterfly in the lush farmland of Bangui overlooked by many locals.] DESCRIPTION By just taking this photo of a particular grass blue butterfly species, I can say that a lot of passers-by there have ignored another marvel of nature because of its size comparable to the nail of your (schoolage children) smallest finger. Yes, they are really tiny that it took...

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WOV’s Insectarium: Colorful Damselfly

RURAL BLISS | Behold this awesome splendor of nature [Tinted Shaft: An orange young female Agriocnemis damselfly perching near the verdant rice fields of Ilocos Norte.] DESCRIPTION Prime your eyes because scouting them is difficult! Ward off your hands because picking them is rude! And smile because seeing them is marvelous! They are damselflies – slender, delicate, and weak-flying insects resembling like dragonflies which eyes are separated...

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WOV’s Insectarium: Pale Grass Blue Butterfly

RURAL BLISS | Every inch of life is indispensable… [Dry Season Brood: The pink-tinged light brown butterfly adorning the grass-covered area of an Ilocos rustic house.] DESCRIPTION They have built their realm in Northern Luzon; they have invaded the greensward in the community. Appearing like a dried leaf in the ground, you may ignore them; resembling like a nice petal, you may touch them. They are the petite but endearing butterflies emerging...

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