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)
A beautiful butterfly photo. Your info is most interesting, I did not know of these plant habits previously.
Excellent macro, beautigul colours & DOF, interesting info, thanks for sharing Stuart
Great details and DOF. Excellent work
Ask a gay about adaptation and survival of the species to understand this all in human terms.
Fantastic macro of great detail and beautiful color & natural lighting.....!!!!
fantastic colours & compo
your macro is awesome but the info is exceptional
most awesome macro!!!
I'll wager those red spots along its thorax are Morse code for "Eat at you own risk"! Superbly shot; the frame looks good, on my monitor. FIVE STARS
wonderful macro!
That is one stunning macro shot of this very beautiful butterfly. 10/10 for you Danny! Eileen xxx
Beautiful colors...
Wow...amazing macro!! I truly am awed by your talent! The detail and lighting is spectacular on this little fellow (or lady). I also enjoy reading and appreciate the text you add to give us the information about each species. This is a wonderful series!!
Another beautiful specimum from mother nature...well caught Dan~ Aloha!
very nice as always, you rock!!