#common evening brown

[kenyannick]

Seven Snake Night

Its been super busy at work at the moment and finally all the work was finished and we had a long weekend coming up. It had been raining most of the week and finally there was a little bit of sun on thursday and Carly said the magical words to me “do you want to go and look for snakes tonight?”. After only 5-10mins I spotted a red-necked keelback sleeping on a bush very close to the start of the…

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Common evening brown (Melanitis leda)

The common evening brown is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in Africa, South Asia and South-east Asia extending to parts of Australia.The caterpillars feed on a wide variety of grasses.

photo credits: Anton Croos