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Banded Orange


Banded Orange
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Copyright: Siegfried Potrykus (neusser0204) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 487 W: 48 N: 1819] (7142)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-08
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-31 2:35
Viewed: 116
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Photographed in the butterfly house.
Dryadula phaetusa, also known as the Banded Orange Heliconian, Banded Orange, or Orange Tiger, is a species of butterfly (an insect). The sole representative of its genus, the Banded Orange Heliconian is native from Brazil to central Mexico, and in summer it can be found rarely as far north as central Kansas. Its wingspan ranges from 86 to 89 mm, and it is colored a bright orange with thick black stripes in males, and a duller orange with fuzzier black stripes in females.
It feeds primarily on the nectar of flowers and bird droppings, and its caterpillar feeds on passion vines including Passiflora tetrastylis. It is generally found in lowland tropical fields and valleys.
This species is somewhat unpalatable to birds and belongs to the "orange" Batesian mimicry complex (Pinheiro 1996).
Prior to their mating season, males of this species congregate by the hundreds on patches of moist soil that contain mineral salts. When they cannot find such deposits, the insects visit various animals to drink salty secretions from their skin and nostrils (see the image on the left).
(Wikipedia)
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Hallo Siegfried,

Great macro capture of this beautiful butterfly with great details! I like the dominant orange color of the butterfly with black stripes. The eyes are beautifully shown in here. The sharpness and POV are perfect with nice use of the shallow DOF.
Well done, my friend!

Viele Gruesse,
Paras

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 507 W: 0 N: 940] (4728)
  • [2009-10-31 2:39]

Hi Siggi,

And this macro is exceptional. What colors! If all you've caught in the Netherlands, like the color orange is representative of the Netherlands.
Have a pleasant weekend,
Adrian

hi siegfried
very attractive butterfly nice clours and detail,you might have missed it,but orange and black are the colours for halloween.
regards
jimmy

Hi Siegfried,
Such a bold looking butterfly! I've never seen anything quite like this before. Certainly wouldn't be hard to spot in the forest. Stands out beautifully against its surroundings, you seem to have focused it well. Great work.

TFS,
Scott.

Hi Siegfried,
heute haben wir's geschafft, wir sind Nachbarn - hallo!
Diesen Schmetterling mag ich sehr gerne, hab' ihn auch schon in Schmetterlingshäusern bewundern können.
So knallig orange, ein Hingucker.
Vielen Dank und lieben Gruß
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Siggi
Wonderful colored capture!
Great details and colors.
Horia

Great focus and contrast.
Very good photos.
Zoran

Hi Siegfried,
What a beauty of a butterfly!
Nice vivid orange color with black patches!
Nice contrast with the green BG.
Very sharp and neat presentation.
Have a good WE.
Regards,

Francis Xavier

Hello Siegfried,

Beautiful butterfly with amazing vivid colors.
Excellent focus, DOF, lightness and sharp details.

Very informative note as always.

Best regards,
Tatjana

Amazing,Amazing,Amazing! Lovely colour and sharpness here with good exposure! Well done and TFS!

cheers,

Dilshan

Hi Siegfried
beautiful micro shot very clear and many details
with natural sharp colors and nice DOF and very good composition TFS
well done
Hazara

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  • Tomek Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1312 W: 47 N: 2914] (16760)
  • [2009-10-31 6:30]

Hi Sigfried:)
Mysle, ze masz niesamowita cierpliwosc do fotografowania motyli, a te swoim pieknem oczywiscie zachwycaja wszystkie wrazliwe na piekno oczy.
Wzor i kolor przepiekny - ladnie go pokazales.
Pozdrowienia - Tomek:)

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  • Saba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 553 W: 0 N: 1534] (8955)
  • [2009-10-31 8:59]

Witaj Sigi :)

Kolejna pieknosc w Twojej kolekcji.
"Pomaranczka" jest naprawde cudna.
Wspaniale, fantastyczne makro...gratulacje.

Serdecznie pozdrawiam.
Barbara

Hello Siegfried,

Une macro pour un papillon élégant, aux couleurs d'Halloween /LOL/.
Belle capture pour une superbe mise en image bravo.
Belle fin de soirée

Yolande

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  • JT50 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 134 W: 0 N: 147] (654)
  • [2009-10-31 12:39]

Hi Seigfried,
Very good macro shot.
Sharp and colourfull
with lovely details.
Have a lovely sunday.
Janak

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