Red Spikey by TwoPynts

Photography • Macro • posted on May 02, 2007

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"What's the point?" ~~~~~

From motorcycles to insects. Yes, I have an eclectic gallery, heheheh. Here is little series of pre-butterflies for you. Today we have red -- can you guess what tomorrow's color will be? The first person to guess correctly will get the dubious honor of being mentioned in my comments tomorrow. ;'] Happy Hump Day! ----- Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) Subfamily: Longwings (Heliconiinae) Identification: Upperside bright orange with black markings; 3 black-encircled white dots on forewing leading edge. Underside brown; forewing with orange at base; both wings with elongated, iridescent silver spots. Life history: Males patrol for females, who lay eggs on many parts of the host plant. Caterpillars feed on most parts of the host. Adults 'vacation' during winter in the south. Flight: Throughout the year in south Florida and South Texas, January-November in the north. Number of broods has not been determined. Wing span: 2 1/2 - 3 3/4 inches (6.3 - 9.5 cm). Caterpillar hosts: Various species of passion-vine including maypops (Passiflora incarnata) and running pop (P. foetida). (My garden would agree with that) Adult food: Nectar from lantana, shepherd's needle, cordias, composites, and others. Habitat: Pastures, open fields, second-growth subtropical forest and edges, city gardens. Range: South America north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to the southern United States. Wanders north to the central United States; rare northward. Conservation: Not usually of concern. -----

Thanks for your "get your motor runnin" comments on my previous upload, The World Outside My Window ----- Olympus C8080wz & PhotoshopCS. (889) Boca Raton, FL, USA 2007 Sponsored by: Kramer Kreations

Comments (47)

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mamabobbijo

2:58PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

How fun! Mullaney wants to know if you know any kittypillers! LOL! We're guessing yellow and black! BJ

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rainbows

4:32PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

And what a spikey little blighter he is. Sublime shot here. A big eekkk!! from Bay. I'm scared of bugs :-(( Happy night. I'll go with yellow and green :-) Diane.

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Littlejock

4:57PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

Wonderful macro and lovely colours, I am doing this days pics of macro of Worm silk and I will post some in few days. Big work and reference to me. Hugs. Luis

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goodoleboy

6:16PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

I don't know, a bright pink possibly? Fantastic clarity, lighting and POV in this wonderful macro, Kort! I like the black oily effect of the feet with their teeny thorns, and the shadow they cast.

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sharky_

7:35PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

Excellent capture. Aloha

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npauling

9:31PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

I guess yellow and black. This is a great macro and story. What a lot of work goes into your postings. He's quite sharp this little fellow as he has spines off his spines. Super detail.

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RobyHermida

10:19PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

Excellent capture!!! Roby "_"

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alhak

11:47PM | Wed, 02 May 2007

super macro

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drifterlee

1:23AM | Thu, 03 May 2007

Arghhhhhhh!!!!! A caterpillar!!!!! (runs screaming from PC) Great shot!

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Thelby

2:59AM | Thu, 03 May 2007

Thats a B-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-d Dude, Pho Shizzle!!!!

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evinrude

5:59AM | Thu, 03 May 2007

Stark contrast; you couldn't have asked for better colors.

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Richardphotos

4:44PM | Thu, 03 May 2007

outstanding macro and the info is excellent

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nongo

11:08PM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Dang, this gives me the shivers!!!!!!!! Excellent macro work!!!!!!

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Margana

4:57PM | Mon, 07 May 2007

I guess WHITE!!! What do I win?????????? LOL. Ewwwwwwwwwww this one's nasty! But great job getting up close and personal with this spikey fella.He looks sooooo...soooooooo....wet and shiny...ewwwww. You're way braver than I am... See yazzzzzzzzzzz! -M who really really needs to stop nowww......lol.

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