Tiny Cassius Blue by TwoPynts

Photography • Macro • posted on Sep 12, 2005

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"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." --Golda Meir

Another week, another butterfly. Since summer is drawing to a close (man that was fast!) I thought I'd try and go through my butterfly photos before moving on to another series. This tiny specimen I found up at my in-law's house this past weekend. This was the only photo I was able to snap before it flitted away. There were many large and beautiful butterflies about, but alas, this was the only one I could manage to record. Please excuse the exhaustive ID below, but am proud of myself for being able to quicky dig up the information this morning so wanted to include it all. :) ----- CASSIUS BLUE Leptotes cassius Classification: Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Superclass Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Subclass Pterygota Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies) Family Lycaenidae (Gossamer Winged Butterflies) Subfamily Polyommatinae (Blues) Genus Leptotes Species cassius (Cassius Blue) Very common in the southern part of its range, the Cassius Blue flies in almost any sunny spot. Adults seem to prefer flowers of trees and shrubs. Although this species maintains northern populations during moderate weather, it still succumbs to frigid midwestern winters. description

Comments (33)

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killerpumpkins

11:57AM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Very cool! KP

patmartj

12:01PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Sweet little butty

camera2

12:02PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Yes Kort, summer has gone too fast. Only this morning there was fine layer frost on my windshield of the car. I see that this little guy was easier to identify than the swallowtail. They may be found in abundance in your area, but I find that out here in our area, I see fewer and fewer each year. Let us hope that in a decade or two, it will not be only a photograph we will be looking at to know what they were like. Have a wonderful week my friend.

dragonfly2000

12:12PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Frost?? Another 90 humid one here. Anyway, great shot, this is such a wonderful series - you've the knack with these wee folk fer'sur.

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tibet2004uk

12:18PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Excellent dof on this one Kortalouche!! I love the compo and lighting too!!

Tedz

12:26PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Golda was right...a fine show here :]

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j-dwarf

12:32PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Perfect dof and a wonderful pov

gwfa

12:35PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

nicely done...

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jophoto

12:54PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Lovely little creature. The little bit of backlighting on the left part of the leaf adds sparkle to the image. Well done.

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nathalie06

1:06PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Ciao Kort ! a perfect tittle for this sweet butty !!! A wonderful macro again, and this sort of butty is so cute ! That's right, the summer has gone... but every season has his charm. And in a few weeks, the forest will be a wonder of colors ! ;o)))))))) Have a great week !

pimbotin

1:17PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

A master piece! Hats off, man, I'm really impressed...

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Digimon

1:31PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Fabulous macro! I love the whole feeling of scale! And the detail is very crisp! It looks like it's just about to take-off!

wingnut55

1:53PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

amazing shot, almost unreal.

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marybelgium

1:58PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

excellent clear shot ! very very nice ! Bravo !

uniquedreamer

2:29PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Another one of your fab. macro shot's, this is a cute little butty. Nicely done!

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Onslow

3:22PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

A fine capture :)

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Akinom

3:51PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

WOW... what a unique composition and a wonderfully crisp and clear shot! Bravo, Kort! v*****

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jcv2

4:25PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

Yeah, summer has passed too fast! We'd better move to the southern hemisphere the next 6 months! ;) Excellent work, Kort, love the spots and lines!

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rayburg

4:35PM | Mon, 12 September 2005

great capture Kort. Summer might be almost over for most of us, but in florida you have another two months of heat and humidity(and hurricane season). Sorry aboutthat.=)))

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