Saturday morning - Tammy, Dan, Baboo and Elijah

Chestnut Tiger 青斑蝶 Parantica sita niphonica in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
Metallic Cerulean 白波紋小灰蝶 Jamides alecto dromicus in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草


iridescent beetle in solanum


Rice field frog, Indian Rice Frog, Cricket Frog 澤蛙, 田雞, 水雞, 沼蛙 Rana limnocharis limnocharis

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unfurling frond
male Purple Sapphire 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
endemic Tongeia hainani 台灣黑燕蝶 in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
Dan and Philip
Dan and Philip
caterpillar of Common Tiger 黑脈樺斑蝶(虎斑蝶) Danaus genutia
red berries
Dan
Tammy
Alpinia sp.
flowering orchid

flowering orchid
AnBaoJian Mtn 暗寶劍山 680m
Formosan Leopard 豹紋蝶 Timelaea maculata formosana in seeding Chinese Silvergrass 芒草 Miscanthus sinensis


work shelter (photo by Dan)

Philip photographing Tammy (photo by Dan)
Forest Bureau work manifest (photo by Dan)
Purple Sapphire 紅邊黃小灰蝶 Heliophorus ila matsumurae
back toward ZhiTan Mtn 直潭山 or 2.6k to Barefoot Orchid Mtn 赤腳蘭山
Philip
praying mantis (photo by Dan)
Dan collecting trash
Dan and Tammy inspect a discarded screen



female Glassy Tiger 姬小紋青斑蝶Parantica aglea maghaba in flowering Bidens pilosa 咸豐草
home orchid
young White plum blossom snake, Formosa wolf snake 白梅花蛇 Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati in a gutter hear home

Late morning warm Fall weather, Nov 7, from the road north of the Feitsui Reservoir 翡翠水庫, we walk eastward along the ridge, away from ZhiTan Mtn 直潭山, following the power line poles to AnBaoJian Mtn 暗寶劍山 at 680m. The trail continues to Barefoot Orchid Mtn 赤腳蘭山. We see lots of butterflies. Tammy has just returned from three weeks in the US.