"They're there in their swarming multitudes. Millions upon millions of tiny creatures which we rarely observe and even more rarely consider. In large part we ignore them. Most are too small to be seen unaided and those large enough to be visible usually find ways to hide or deceive us."

David Attemborough - Life in the Undergrowth

Euphydryas aurinia

Caterpillars are gregarious and form masses like this before speading to pupate, alone and then transform into butterflies.

Trichiura castiliana.
Moths are often misunderstood and ignored by many. However, not very different from loved butterflies they come in a variety of forms and habits, shapes and patterns.

Starting point

Hi all,

Olá a todos,

My name is Eduardo Marabuto and I'm a young biologist from Portugal with a special interest in Conservation Biology and Ecology using a model group of organisms as are butterflies and moths (Order Lepidoptera), which are my main interest.

Chamo-me Eduardo Marabuto e sou um jovem biólogo português com um interesse especial em Biologia da Conservação e Ecologia usando um grupo modelo de organismos como são as borboletas (diurnas e nocturnas) (Ordem Lepidoptera), que são o meu interesse principal.

I've always enjoyed myself among the fantastic and incredible complexity Nature has to offer and despite the depletion by our species, many places and ecosystems still preserve some of their primeval beauty from plants to mammals, microorganisms and insects.

Desde sempre que gosto de estar perante a fantástica e incrível complexidade que a Natureza nos oferece e apesar da destruição e redução da mesma por parte da nossa própria espécie, ainda se podem encontrar alguns lugares e ecossistemas que preservam alguma da sua beleza promordial desde plantas a mamiferos, microrganismos e insectos.

Though my madness about Nature started in me very early in my life, only when I was bought a camera could this interest bloom and I now use Nature Photography in order to document my work and to show others the beauties of Nature.

Apesar da minha fixação na Natureza começou muito cedo em mim, somente quando me compraram uma máquina pôde este interesse espressar-se completamente e agora uso a fotografia de Natureza para documentar o meu trabalho e para mostrar aos outros as multiplas facetas da Natureza.

With this blog I pretend to show you all some of the beauties we can find mainly in the over-populated and over-developed corner of southwestern Portugal but also in other parts of the world where I travel to in search of Butterflies and Moths.

Com este blog pretendo mostrar a todos algumas das belezas que ainda podemos encontrar, principalmente no demasiado povoado cando sudoeste da Europa chamado Portugal mas também noutros lugares deste mundo por que vou passando enquanto observo e estudo as Borboletas.

Hope you stay around!

Espero que fiquem por cá!

Eduardo