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Painted Lady for *Paras*


Painted Lady for *Paras*
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Copyright: Bayram Gocmen (boreocypriensis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5104 W: 178 N: 12503] (34135)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-21
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D-80, AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, @ ISO 200, SIGMA 62MM EX DG MC UV Filter
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Bayram's Dedications-II, Cypriot Butterflies, Turkish Butterflies [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-08-28 0:40
Viewed: 362
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 66
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady) [in Turk. Diken Kelebeği, Boyalı Güzel]

I would like to dedicate today's posting to Paras Bhalla (parasbhalla) who has been part of TrekNature in the short time. Paras's gallery is filled with excellent shots of butterflies, especially painted ladies:) which I liked so much. This Turkish Painted Lady is for you Paras:). Hoping you can like this!

TFL and Have a nice day & WE!!
Cheers,

©Bayram GÖÇMEN, Ege University, Faculty of Science. All Rights Reserved.

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Geographic Range: The Painted Lady is found everywhere in the world except South America, the Arctic, and Australia.

Habitat: The Painted Lady is found almost anywhere, but they tend to inhabit brightly lighted and open environments. They prefer clover fields, flowery meadows and hilly country. Marshes, dunes, and thorn scrubs also attract the Painted Lady.

Physical Description: The Painted Lady has a pointed forewing which bears a distinct white bar. The hindwing has a submarginal row of 5 tiny black dots. The upperside of the freshly emerged butterfly is orange with rose-like overtones. The underside is a mottled gray, brown, and black.

Development: Females lay eggs on the plants their babies will eat. The caterpillars that hatch out feed continuously and molt several times. After a few weeks they transform into a pupa, go through a complete metamorphosis, and emerge as an adult butterfly. The timing of this depends on the climate, the warmer it is the faster they grow.
Caterpillar hosts: More than 100 host plants have been noted; favorites include thistles (Asteraceae), hollyhock and mallow (Malvaceae), and various legumes (Fabaceae).

Adult food: The Painted Lady prefers nectar from composites 3-6 feet high, especially thistles; also aster, cosmos, blazing star, ironweed, and joe-pye weed. Flowers from other families that are visited include red clover, buttonbush, privet, and milkweeds.

Reproduction: A green, barrel-shaped egg is laid singly on a host plant. The color of the larva varies from chartreuse with black marbling to a purple with a yellow hue. Breeding season includes all year in the tropics, spring and summer in cooler climates.

Predation: Adult painted ladies' main defenses are flight and camouflage. The caterpillars hide in small silk nests on top of leaves, and may have chemical defenses, but this is uncertain. Wasps, spiders, ants and birds are known predators.

The Painted Lady is also known as the Thistle Butterfly because of its strong liking for thistles, and the Cosmopolitan for its worldwide distribution.

References:
1. Makris, C. (2003). Butterflies of Cyprus. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. 329 pp.
2. Baytaş, A. (2008). Türkiye’nin Kelebekleri Doğa Rehberi. NTV yayınları, Doğuş Grubu İletişim Yayıncılık ve Ticaret A.Ş., Istanbul, 222 s.
3. Tolman, T.(2008).Collins Butterfly Guide of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., London,. 384 pp.
4. Animal Diversity Web
5. Butterflies and Skippers of North America
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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 655 W: 15 N: 1629] (6333)
  • [2009-08-28 0:44]

Hello bayram
A perfect capture with vivid colors and clear image. Well done
Regards'
Razvan

Selam my dear friend, Bayram!

Wow, what a great surprise for me, indeed a honour, I must say! Thank you so much!

The painted Lady looks perfect with great sharpness and taken from a well-chosen POV. The DOF is amazing, even better than I could manage to do in my today's post which includes a painted lady too and that too with white flower(s), a big coincidence :)
A very well taken shot! and that too gifted to me, is a great feeling.

with kindest regards,
Paras

Bayram hocam süper!!! Detaylar, renkler, kompozisyon hepsi mükemmel. Emeğinize sağlık.
Nazım

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2585] (9117)
  • [2009-08-28 0:56]

Merhaba MF Bayram,
Paras will like it for sure. Beautiful capture with excellent sharpness. The lighting really gives an outstanding effect.
nice colours as always my friend.

regards,
Foozi

Dayi gene patlattin bombayi:) boyali guzeli kim sevmez:)
Eline saglik. Selamlar.
Merih

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 414 W: 0 N: 1030] (5550)
  • [2009-08-28 1:15]

Very sharp and natural colors, it is a very good macro of this Butterfly!

Ciao Bayram. Great focused and lighting shot. Perfect details adn nice compo.

Roberto

Bayram. ne kadar guzel bir kelebek:) boyali guzel susulu bayan gibi:)... cok guzel cekmissin. Renkler ve detaylar super olmus...
Leyla.

Bayram hocam günaydın... gerçekten süper bir çekim olmuş. Renkler, detaylar, alan derinliği çok etkileyici. Kompozisyon da öyle... Emeğinize sağlık. Saygılarımla,
Özgür

Hocam yine enfes ve kusursuz bir makro çalışma olmuş.
Renkler ve kompoziyon özellikle dikkat çekici.
Emeğinize sağlık.

Deniz

Bayram,
Great Vanessa cardui.
Wonderful details, colors are lovely, great POV,BG!
Horia

Merhaba Bayram,

An outstanding macro shot of this Painted-Lady with fantastic colors, sharpness & nice details.

Beautifully done with care...TFS.

Salam & Regards

Umar

Hi,
Your painted lady is very gorgeous, fine details and colors. tfs.
nagraj.v

Harika bir açıdan harika bir sonuç çıkarmışsın bu güzel iri "dilber"den dostum.Renkler,netlik ve kadraj çok iyi.Ayrıca nerdeyse ismi Bay Vanessa'ya çıkacak olan Paras için de adresini bulmuş çok hoş bir armağan.:)
Spas û pîroz...
Bi slavên germ...
Dûrzan

hello Bayram
super composition with good sharpness and beautiful colours
greeting lou

Bayram hocam, renler kompozisyon ve detaylarıya birinci sınıf kalitede bir yakın plan çekimi.
Emeğinize sağlık.
Bahadır

Kanki Harika çekmişsin. Detaylar müthiş. Emeğine sağlık.
Gökhan

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 94 N: 5564] (17694)
  • [2009-08-28 8:39]

Hello Bayram,
Fantastic photo in very beautiful clear colours, contrasting against the darker OOF BG. Superb sharp details and an excellent composition and POV.
Regards,
Peter

Hello Bayram,
Beautiful details of Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady) & a great dedication to Paras. Thanks for sharing.
Regards-Subhash

Hello Bayram.
Excellent close up, very sharp, vivid colors and well blured BG,
TFS, regards,
Nikos.

Hi Bayram
Very good sharp image of painted lady. Colors are natural, exposure is good but maybe you could use a very little highlights reduction. Also nice dedication for Paras
TFS
Krzysztof

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1382 W: 56 N: 4768] (16394)
  • [2009-08-28 10:13]

Hello MF Bayram.
A beautiful butterfly and a beautiful picture. I love seeing side of the wing. Excellent rich colors and fine details. The composition and perfect background is wonderful.
Best regards Siggi

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1066 W: 0 N: 162] (870)
  • [2009-08-28 10:58]

Merhaba Hocam, süper bir makro çekim. Her açıdan çok güzel.
Elinize sağlık.
Mehmet

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  • john1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 65 W: 0 N: 85] (356)
  • [2009-08-28 11:14]

Hello Bayram,

Excellent macro with great details and natural colors.
Good composition of the painted lady.
Wings details are wonderfull.
Best regards.
John

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  • elif Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 169 W: 0 N: 98] (458)
  • [2009-08-28 13:22]

Bayram Hocam, erçekten adı gibi boyalı güzel. netliği, kelebeğin duruşu, arka plan.. herşeyle yine çok güzel bir kare..
Elinize, emeğinize sağlık.
Selamlar, saygılarımla...
Elif

Merhaba Hocam,
Sizin yokluğunuzda pek uğramadım TN'a..Kaldığım yerden sizin muhteşem kareleriniz izleme zevk olacak.Paras için ona yakışan bir armağan olmuş.Eline sağlık.
Selamlarımla..

hAyAti

Merhaba Hocam,
Bu kare de çok güzel, paylaşım için teşekkürler.
Saygılarımla, Naşit

hello Bayram

excellent and beautiful photo of this butterfly
with fine POV at the level of the subject,
fine focus excellent sharpness and details, TFS

Asbed

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16524)
  • [2009-08-28 15:07]

Hello Bayram

Great shot as usual. Lovely pose, composition and detail.

Best wishes

James

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-08-28 16:05]

Hi LBB,

What a nice dedication and beautiful Painted Lady. I have never seen a butterfly pose like that on a flower here in Tucson. The views of the head and both sides of the wings are superb. Wonderful colors, details, background and composition.

Jane

Diken kelebeğini neredeyse gözümüzün içine kadar girdirdiniz hocam, ellerinize sağlık enfes olmuş.
Tebrikler, saygılar...

Hi little bro,

Good pov and dof on this Painted lady.This specie are with an butterfly counting the most seen butterfly this year in the Netherlands.

Gert

Merhaba Bayram hocam,

Boyalı güzel ile ilgili nefis bir makro olmuş hocam. Elinize sağlık

Selamlar
Mehmet

Merhaba Bayram
great capture of this Vanessa Cardui from it's nice profil, he shows his beautiful underside, the details are superb as well as the coloration and the lighting
have a good night
Jacqueline

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