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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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I really wish I didn't have to make a living and instead could just wander the Himalayas looking for meadows where butterflies enjoy the morning light.

Azure Sapphire here, male.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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What an amazing day! It was coolish and very damp this morning in Trongsa. I spotted one of these fellas just posing, next to the female. Then saw another. And as the morning progressed I realised they were everywhere :)

I was too slow to capture the female. They flitter off quickly. But the boys just hang about and show off their colours.

Azure Sapphire
(Heliophorus moorei)

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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Seconds later I got a cheeky glimpse of a Heliophorus (Sapphire).

I feel I've wasted my life when instead I could be sitting in a cow paddock at 2900m looking for little flappy blues.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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Gangtey Gonpa this week, deep inside Phobjikha Valley. Bhutan.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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Just a little update to the Emerald Tiger Moth (Callindra principalis) seen zipping about Bhutan at 2900m.

I first saw one two days ago, and posted those pics above. But then yesterday while visiting Gangtey Gonpa another one landed right in front of me while walking the grounds of the gonpa!

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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Your regular reminder that nature is terrifying and should be avoided at all costs.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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When the local moths are even more colourful than the dancing monks! Just in awe of these miniature moments of nature flittering past me every time I take a walk outside.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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This was a much harder walk than I had planned, but totally worth it. Scooting about the mossy rocks at 3900m. The infamous Himalayan Blue Poppy was a lovely treat.

It's wonderful the way so many flowers adopt the blue and purple hues as you gain elevation in the Himalayas.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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I did take more photos of butterflies today but also ran into a few other inspirations. It's been a wild day actually!

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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Anybody have the foggiest idea what this crazy critter might be? Location was Paro, in Bhutan. Early morning, where the forest meets the meadows.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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Also not butterflies. Honestly there is so much weirdness in nature.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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I didn't just shoot butterflies this week.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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I'm enjoying the butterflies more than the birds :)

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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So much beauty today. Lots of yummy food, lovely people, got a great portrait of our cheesemaker and even got to spend an hour walking downhill through the forest eating wild strawberries and chasing butterflies.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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Here's a snapshot of the landscape here in Phobjikha Valley. This is one of my favie places in all of Bhutan. Rugged landscape for sure but the locals still manage to make it home. They grow turnips and potatoes here, and leave a little in the fields each year for the black-necked cranes to enjoy.

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Ewen Bell · @ewen
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Favie moment of the day. Arrived at the gompa and a little desk next to the door looks like official business. Only it's a novice monk, barely old enough to hold a pen, scribbling pictures of kittens.

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