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Another Swallowtail
© RickM
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Uploaded: 05/18/04 3:20 AM GMT
Another Swallowtail
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This butterfly rested long enough for me to capture its image..... Does anyone know how to tell the gender of a butterfly? :)
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neez
05/18/04 3:41 AM GMT
Its not easy to capture a butterfly. You are very lucky Rick. Nice shot.
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~Let it be as it is desired~
Wow, when one of these is spotted where I live, there´s usually a crowd of bearded men with binoculars on the scene within minutes. You´d be lucky to get close enough to make a shot like this without treading on someone´s sandals and socks :) Good pic!
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Beautiful image.I especially like the soft blurred background.
Peace&Respect Jojo
Peace&Respect Jojo
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Laying Easy Somewhere
Shade Across My Mind
I've been wanting great butterfly shots for my desktop for ages.....thank you very much. Also, I think that the male butterflies do have brighter colouring than the females (similar to the birds where the male is usually more striking than the female.)
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Gabriella
Wow...this is an absolutely perfect capture!
Dead centre and the butterfly's wings are opened in their full glory...
Excellent worok, well done! :)
Dead centre and the butterfly's wings are opened in their full glory...
Excellent worok, well done! :)
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PrettyFae x...Spread the Passion...
Absolutely stunning.
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"Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass." Walter Pater
Nice chot :)
With some species of butterfly, you can tell the gender by the thickness of their antennae, but I'm not sure if that holds true for swallowtails...
With some species of butterfly, you can tell the gender by the thickness of their antennae, but I'm not sure if that holds true for swallowtails...
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Great capture, Rick... Thank you!
- Mike
- Mike
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If you ask me this looks like the Easter Tiger Swallowtail. In which case the female has more blue on the hindwings, so the one you captured here is likely a male.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_tiger_swallowtail
http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterflies/easterntigerswallowtail.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_tiger_swallowtail
http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterflies/easterntigerswallowtail.htm
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