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Viceroy


Viceroy
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Copyright: Luc Durocher (Luc) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1872 W: 304 N: 4301] (14733)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07-21
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS, Canon Tele-converter TC-DC58B 1,5X
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-07-22 8:31
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Viceroy
Limenitis archippus

Wing span: 2 1/2 - 3 3/8 inches (6.3 - 8.6 cm).
Identification: Upperside is orange and black, resembling the Monarch (Danaus plexippus), except the Viceroy has a black line across the hindwing and a single row of white dots in the black marginal band. Where Monarchs are rare in Florida, Georgia, and the Southwest, Viceroys are brown instead of orange and mimic the Queen (Danaus gilippus).
Life history: During most of the day, males perch on vegetation or patrol around the host plants to find females. Females lay eggs at the tip of host plant leaves, depositing only two or three eggs on a plant before moving to another. Caterpillars eat their eggshells after they hatch, then at night feed on catkins and leaves. Young caterpillars make a ball of leaf bits, dung, and silk which hangs off the leaf on which they are feeding; the dangling mass may distract predators. Third-stage caterpillars make a shelter from a rolled leaf tip in which to spend the winter.
Flight: Two to three broods from May-September in most of its range, all year in Florida.
Caterpillar hosts: Trees in the willow family (Salicaceae) including willows (Salix), and poplars and cottonwoods (Populus).
Adult food: Early in the season when few flowers are available Viceroys feed on aphid honeydew, carrion, dung, and decaying fungi. Later generations feed more often at flowers, favoring composites including aster, goldenrod, joe-pye weed, shepherd's needle, and Canada thistle.
Habitat: Moist open or shrubby areas such as lake and swamp edges, willow thickets, valley bottoms, wet meadows, and roadsides.
Range: Northwest Territories south along the eastern edges of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains to central Mexico, east through all the eastern United States.
Conservation: The Obsolete Viceroy (subspecies obsoleta) has lost much of its habitat due to development, water impoundment, and the exotic aggressive saltcedar.
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Just another post before leaving because this butterfly has the same name of the lake near which I will live for a week.
Thank you for looking. I hope you like this Viceroy.
phlr, carper, sAner, TAZ, wallhalla15, AndyB, PDP, cougrrr, coasties, marhowie, chiliu, Comandante, dew77, christophe, electra, scottevers7, suleesia, hummingbird24, bedford67, RII has marked this note useful
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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1243 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2005-07-22 8:47]

Very beautiful butterfly!
Not a great angle, yet a great shot!
Great notes too!

Great capture of this beautiful and colourful bfly with a cool BG. It supports to show us the bfly very well.
POV, compo, DOF and colours are wonderful.
TFS.

I agree with Paulo in this,
the composition is not great, the light and the colours are good even as the dof,
gr. Jaap

  • Great 
  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-07-22 10:21]

Hello Luc,

This is a nice capture. Stunning colors, nicely spread wings, sharp details and good DOF. Well composed and fantastic BG. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2005-07-22 10:45]

Beautiful butterfly and very good shot. I like the colours, sharpness and composition. Interesting note. well done. Have a nice weekend.
Rgs, Aleksander

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-07-22 11:00]

Compliments Luc pour ce beau cliché qui met bien en valeur ce Viceroi ! Il est superbe ! Très belles couleurs sur fond neutre et bonne netteté. TFS.

Hi Luc - good macro of a nice butterfly. Beautifull colors, good DOF and we can see many details. Good notes.
Well done ! (first i think it´s a Monarch - but you are right)

  • Great 
  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1391 W: 32 N: 1350] (3982)
  • [2005-07-22 14:38]

A nice capture Luc,
Very good composition and POV.
Lovely colours and great DOF.
Nice work,well done.

TFS

Hi Luc,
Wonderful shot, beautiful colors and background

  • Great 
  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-07-22 17:47]

Hi Luc, very nice shot! I love the composition and the POV. The colours are great too. very good work. The note is great.

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2005-07-22 19:10]

Very similar to the Monarch, and just as pretty. Nice capture Luc, the colours and patterns are so vivid and sharp. Good POV too. Well shown, thank you.
Have a good weekend.

Good shot Luc. I like the contrast of the bright orange with the bright green of the leaf and muted greens of the background. Great focus and DOF.

Hello Luc

Lovely bright markings. Crisp and clear with excellent POV and sharpness. Looks very much like the Monarch B'fly. It stands out well against the OOF BG. Nice one. Thanks.

Hi Luc,
Another beauty!
Excellent background makes the butterfly stand out. The colour and details are perfect.
TFS!

You have nice weekend!

Very nice position and angle of this butterfly, Luc. I love the diagonal, which adds a gentle drama to the image.

Hello Luc!
Wonderful butterfly clo0se up.Colors,contrast and composition are excellent.Thanks for sharing.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-07-23 3:55]

Hello Luc!
Very nice capture.Lighting is wonderful.I liked colors,contrast and composition are wonderful.
TFS...:-)

Salut Luc
Je trouve que la POV n'est pas la plus avantageuse,pour les couleurs et le BG, rien à redire, un leger manque de nettete sur la partie haute à droite de l'aile
TFS
Amicalement Christophe

Hello Luc, Great colors in your Viceroy..Hope you have a good time away at this lake by the same name..
COMPOSITION/PLACEMENT: ****
EXPOSURE: ***+
FOCUS/SHARPNESS: ***
DOF: ***+
POV: ****
IMPACT: **** OVERALL: ****

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  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 322 N: 4258] (16906)
  • [2005-07-23 14:33]

Luc, lovely colors, excellent composition and pov.

The blurred bg highlights the beautiful colors of the butterfly.

A great image.

Hi Luc,

this is an beautiful picture of the butterfly. I like the colours. Great Job.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-07-23 15:43]

A beauty Luc! I love composition and POV. colours are also great. I hope you'll have got great time at lake!

Hi Luc,
A very nice capture. The nice thing about this angle is that it shows the full wing pattern and color that other angles do not always show. I like the corner to corner framing of this composition. A nice shot!
Scott

beautiful angle, excellent composition.

Bonjour Luc,
Voilà un vice-roi qui mérite une révérence! ;-)
Très belle composition, le papillon a des détails et des couleurs parfaites. Félicitations.
MPLP, cordialement,
Jean-Patrick

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 485 W: 0 N: 884] (2812)
  • [2005-11-19 21:56]

Hola Luc.
Una vez mas con otra de tus fotografias perfectas,el angulo es elegante,una fotografia muy bella...felicidades.
Saludos...RICARDO.

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