been told by a guy at work this week he couldn´t do something because it was "womens work".
Stupidity is alive and well, no worries.

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... Emmen, and tomorrow off to Bendorf, Schloss Sayn...

In Emmen´s "Vlindertuin" (Butterfly Garden) they show freeranging hummingbirds. Got really exited when my companion spotted one. Seen loads of them in central and south America but they´re pretty rare in european zoos, as they are so hard to breed.
Last time I saw one was in Walsrode´s special "hummingbird house". 

Amazilia amazilia, Lessons Hummingbird, Rostbauchamazilie

They also showed the most amazing butterfly I´ve seen yet, no colors but one of the best examples of Mimesis, even complete with the holes in the "leaf":

And the caterpillar of Papilio memnon, wich looks a but like a snakehead. By now I like the caterpillars as much as the adult form, they come in many shapes, sizes and colors, too:

butterflies galore...

been in the last weeks to  Harskamp (Passiflorahoeve), Schmetterlingsfarm/Insektenmuseum Steinhuder Meer , Vlinders an de Vliet, Diergarde Blijdorp = Rotterdam Zoo, Maximilianpark Hamm, Vlindorado, Orchideenhoeve & Papiliorama.
8 and counting...

Butterfly conservatories in Germany and the Netherlands

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