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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WOV’s Insectarium: Red Dragonfly

WILDLIFE REVERIE Launching a new section in my blog… Regal Advent: An auburn dragonfly alighted on a branch of a young rambutan tree. DESCRIPTION Spreading about 70 millimeter wings, 45-millimeter length Neurothemis ramburii uninhibitedly soar Asia, taking their way across South Eastern region which includes the farms, ponds, orchards and lowland forests of the Philippines. These dark-red-to-brown-to-orange-winged dragonflies,...

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The Life Cycle Of A Lime Butterfly: Photographing, Documenting, Observing, Learning

WILDLIFE REVERIE Metamorphosis 101 has never been this fun… Week-Old Butterfly: This worn-out butterfly landed in a mandarin fruit leaf on a cloudy afternoon waiting its desertion to the world. Life’s a journey. We travel in length and time. But no matter what the numbers tell us, it is still the experiences that count. Wait… numbers can’t be counted anymore? They are supposed to be reliable, right? Now, they are mere pretty facts!  So what’s...

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Awe-Stuffed Afternoon at La Union

WANDER TRANCE Strolling the San Fernando stretch… Laid-Back: The still and quiet San Fernando stretch in a mind-numbing afternoon. A relief for some, a respite for many – that was how the NLE thing stirred us after its windup. But at the end of the day, this only means, suggests, and calls… party, party! The swimming pool seemed like a rice field partied by rumbling giant frogs while the grubby beach looked as if a canal reveled by young indiscriminate...

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