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)
Now this is a dandy macro. thanx ;-)
very cooool;)*****.
Great macro of a lovely creature.
Excellent and very interesting shot. Wonderful colors/Light and stunning details. Perfect DOF to!!
Beautiful capture. Very interesting information. Aloha
Beautifull macro ! But,(sorry),not fan of the frame.
Another stunning macro shot of this beautiful butterfly with such colour. Excellent composition. xx
Very nice!
One of your best...AMAZING...!!!!
Wonderfull macro Dan .....
Oh la la fanrastic colors... gorgeous capture!
@>---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--<--<@
Interesting photo.
Interesting shot and story.
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.
Bellissima!
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.
Nature never ceases to surprise and delight with its treasures :)
Very beautiful!!
A brilliant capture!
Beautiful butterfly! Great capture!
What a fantastic capture this is.. !
just beautifult erland
It is a wonderful butterfly and shot, Danny. Plants are so clever :-) Thanks for information too. Hugs. Diane.
Superb macro!!! Bravo!!!!
fantastic specimen, superbe shot:-)
Beautiful image here Danny:o)
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
Beautifull macro ! Roby ;O)
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!!:-)