Brave Little Buttie by Enmos

Photography • Macro • posted on Jun 07, 2005

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Thanks for viewing !! :o) -- I saw this brave little buttie chase off every dragon that would come near him. There were some quite big dragons among them too, at least twice as big as this fella and hungry for butties and other insects. It was so awesome to see him chase off these dragons, the dragons actually had to do evasive manouvers to get away !! :D It even tried to scare me off, every time i would come within two meters of him he would launch a frontal attack before retreating again. Ofcourse its all bluff, butties dont have anything to attack with.. He would return to this leaf hes sitting on in the pic every time, he just wouldnt give up HIS spot :o) I got lucky and managed to approach him without him flying off to attack me (immediately)... once.. :o) Later, when i saw him flying off with his girlfriend (which, apparently was hiding in the bushes LOL) ;o), i realised he had been franticly defending his territory (and his mate) against the predatory dragons... It is a Comma btw. the latin name is Polygonia c-album. Its called a Comma because of a white mark on the underwing which looks a bit like a comma. The remarkable wing shape is an attempt to use leaves as camouflage to protect them from predators... although this aggressive specimen obviously didnt need any camouflage LOL Another pic of the Comma with visible 'comma' here. Hope you like & have a great tuesday :o) - Thanks for all your wonderful comments on my last upload, "That Speckled One Again" !! -- Many thanks, Jeroen

Comments (50)

donvino

2:45PM | Tue, 07 June 2005

absolutely beautiful, , awesome detail, colors and compo !!!

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maud

3:17PM | Tue, 07 June 2005

Superb macro..your butterfly is very beautiful!Excellent capture! Bravo :)

chrysalide

3:50PM | Tue, 07 June 2005

excellent photography with nice angle and ligthning. i like the contrast of the colors between the butterfly and the rest of your picture. have a good day

Tedz

5:34PM | Tue, 07 June 2005

A regular Knight it is...salute

logiloglu

6:33PM | Tue, 07 June 2005

great POV. i like the composition on this shot. excellent done as usual,Jeroen. #:O)

Kropot

6:45PM | Tue, 07 June 2005

Jump, get off, its him, with cam ;) )))

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