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Meadow Brown female


Meadow Brown female
Photo Information
Copyright: Pawel Chmur (cloud) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 49 W: 49 N: 40] (1036)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-01
Categories: Nature, Macro
Camera: Canon 300D, Canon EOS 70-200 f2.8L, Hoya 77mm Super HMC Pro1 UV(0)
Exposure: f/8, 1/30 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-02 13:59
Viewed: 184
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) is a butterfly found in European meadows, where its larvae feed on grasses.
Similar species are Gatekeeper (which prefers to rest with its wings open) and Small Heath (which is smaller).
There is marked sexual dimorphism in this species. Males are less colorful, with smaller eyespots and much reduced orange areas on the upper forewings. They are also much more active and range far about, while females fly less and often may not away from the area where they grew up.

A variable number of smaller eyespots are usually found on the hindwing undersides. These may number up to 12 per individual butterfly, with up to 6 on each wing. The factors that govern polymorphism in this trait are not resolved, although a number of theories have been proposed (Stevens 2005). On the other hand, the evolutionary significance of the upperwing eyespots is more obvious: The more active males have a markedly more cryptic upperside pattern, whereas the females have more often opportunity to present their eyespots in a sudden display of colors and patterns that presumably make neophobic predators hesitate so that the butterfly has better chances of escaping.
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Hello Pawel.

Excellent image, nice composition and colors.
Very good details.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

BUEN MACRO, FELICIDADES

Hello Pawel,
Very nice shot, excellent sharpness and depth of field, beautiful colors and contrast, superb details, nice oof background and good clarity.
TFS
Angela

witaj Paweł;
bardzo ładne ujęcie
świetne makro
doskonała ostrość, idealnie widać jak ten motylek dobiera się do tego kwiatka!
brawo za wykonanie
pozdrawiam Karolina

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