Pink Cattle Heart by danob
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Description
These beautiful butterflies are poisoness to birds, and evolution provides many interesting ways that animals and plants adapt..
Caterpillars of Cattle Heart butterflies ( Parides ) from South America feed on Aristolochia vines, but some vines can defend themselves by only "permitting" the butterflies to lay a small number of eggs. If extra eggs are laid, the leaf around the egg dies, and the dead tissue drops to the ground, carrying the egg with it !
A similar trick is played by some Passiflora vines, which produce false stipules at the base of leaf stems, that induce egg laying by some species of Heliconius butterflies.(Like the one I posted yesterday.) A day or two later the stipules drop off, carrying the eggs with them. Certain other Passiflora vines produce tiny tubercules on the stipules that mimic Heliconius eggs. Any butterfly visiting the plant sees the false eggs, is misled into thinking that the plant is already overladen with eggs, and is consequently inhibited from ovipositing.
Thanks for looking and any comments you care to make..
Comments (45)
Flannelman
Now this is a dandy macro. thanx ;-)
FUNJOKER
very cooool;)*****.
monjo71
Great macro of a lovely creature.
Hendesse
Excellent and very interesting shot. Wonderful colors/Light and stunning details. Perfect DOF to!!
sharky_
Beautiful capture. Very interesting information. Aloha
DELMUR
Beautifull macro ! But,(sorry),not fan of the frame.
BibbyBear
Another stunning macro shot of this beautiful butterfly with such colour. Excellent composition. xx
Ionel
Very nice!
BorisB
One of your best...AMAZING...!!!!
Zorg1955
Wonderfull macro Dan .....
Janiss
Oh la la fanrastic colors... gorgeous capture!
LudyMelltSekher
@>---Hello my dear friend, Precious and brilliant Phography.Impressive!! Congratulations!! All you artwork is Very Beautiful!! It is a real pleasure to visit your gallery A million stars from me. ** (Thanks you very much for the nice comments,they are very estimated for my) Have a wonderful Thursday,Hug and kiss in Your sweet heart. Luminous Blessings Ludy--<--<@
sema_fox
Interesting photo.
dragonmuse
Interesting shot and story.
MrsLubner
Excellent macro and I am amazed at how the butterfly's legs are so uniform in position. They form a perfect "tabletop" position coming off the body. Lovely, indeed.
gs1953
Bellissima!
tim32225
Nice one, Danny. I find it unusually difficult to get good photos of butterflies, even with a macro lens. It's something that I got discouraged after only trying it a couple times, and so far I haven't gone back to it.
Onslow
Nature never ceases to surprise and delight with its treasures :)
spm91g
Very beautiful!!
mark.spooner
A brilliant capture!
MedTran39
Beautiful butterfly! Great capture!
iaacf
What a fantastic capture this is.. !
erlandpil
just beautifult erland
rainbows
It is a wonderful butterfly and shot, Danny. Plants are so clever :-) Thanks for information too. Hugs. Diane.
Loloe
Superb macro!!! Bravo!!!!
ascrazy
fantastic specimen, superbe shot:-)
pjaj
Beautiful image here Danny:o)
Boofy
Hmmm....I thought humans were the sneaky ones not little green plants! We do have a lot to learn dont we? Lovely macro and POV. I love the curly tongue (???) contrasting with the square legs. The colours and clarity are supurb. Jenny
RobyHermida
Beautifull macro ! Roby ;O)
miladyblu
Ciao!!!SUPERB and AMAZING macro!!!!I love very much all of this excellent and wonderful shot!!!Great colors and stunning details!!a big masterpiece my dearest friend Danny!!Thank you for sharing this wonder!!Ciao my dearest friend Danny!!I wish you a wonderful day!!A big kiss and a big hug!!:-)