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Christine Hanrahan

Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)

This photo shows the harvester butterfly with its wings closed, which is how we usually see it, and with wings open, which is not how we usually see it! These butterflies are most often encountered near wetlands, and especially near alder, as their larvae infiltrate groups of woolly aphids and eat them! A carnivorous butterfly caterpillar is the exception rather than the rule!!


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Pierre10-Aug-2012 14:28
Une très belle présentation de la face ventrale et dorsale de ce joli papillon! V
fdt10-Aug-2012 09:28
Beautiful images. Great work. f
Kay10-Aug-2012 09:11
Great work, beutiful butterflies, lovely images. How did you manage to capture the wings open? So good. V
Torben Jorgensen10-Aug-2012 07:28
Beautiful shots of a beautiful butterfly. V
Brian McAllister10-Aug-2012 06:33
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Guest 10-Aug-2012 02:45
Lovely showing of the two images for comparison.
Hank Vander Velde10-Aug-2012 02:02
Two beautiful, sharp and nicely presented images Christine. Thanks for the explanations too.
LynnH10-Aug-2012 01:24
Oh wow, they are so beautiful! V
Ann Shapiro10-Aug-2012 00:16
Oh how wonderful! Love this! BV
Guest 09-Aug-2012 23:49
Beautiful image, Christine! I have not seen one here yet but have been surrounded by Painted Ladies, American Ladies and Monarchs.
Peggy W09-Aug-2012 22:55
Very pretty butterfly :)
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Terry Sprague09-Aug-2012 22:11
excellent! V
Margot W09-Aug-2012 22:11
Lovely images of both.
Jim Coffman09-Aug-2012 21:49
Very nice images!
Karen Stuebing09-Aug-2012 21:38
Nice diptych of this pretty butterfly showing both views. I like the way they almost blend into one image. V.
Mairéad09-Aug-2012 21:21
It's a very pretty little butterfly. Nice work getting both views of it.
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