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True Orange
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Copyright: Angelina Deans (angybone) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1191 W: 14 N: 2371] (7672)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-19
Categories: Insects
Camera: OLYMPUS E-500, Olympus Zuiko 40-150 f3.5-5.6
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: The Butterfly Farm
Theme(s): Butterflies on Lantana Flowers [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-07-19 18:15
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Common Name: Gulf fritillary
Scientific Name: Agraulis vanillae incarnata (Riley)
Order: Lepidoptera

Adults, with a 3 inch wingspan, are brilliant orange with black markings on the elongated wings. The underside of the hind wing and tip of the forewing have prominent silver spots and brown markings. Fully grown larvae is about 1-1/2 inches long, gray to brown-black with three pairs of reddish-brown lengthwise stripes. The head and body segments bear have black, branched spines.

Another subspecies, Agraulis vanillae nigrior Michener, occurs in the southeast, with darker black markings. Seven species of Heliconidae butterflies, called "longwings", occur in Texas. The Mexican silverspot, Dione moneta poeyi Butler, is similar to the gulf fritillary, but the upper wing surfaces are yellow-brown and not marked with white spots. Underneath, the silver spots are not rimmed with black. Its range is restricted to the Rio Grande Valley and occasionally far west Texas. Other distinctive members of this family include the zebra longwing, Heliconius charitonius vazquezae Comstock & Brown, a jet black butterfly with brilliant narrow yellow stripes on wings which have a 3 to 3-1/2 inch wingspan. The Julia longwing, Dryas julia moderata Stichel is predominantly brownish- to yellowish-orange with only darker hazy markings on the upper surface of the forewing and wing margins. Caterpillars of all of these species feed on passion flower leaves.

Life Cycle: Adult females lay elongated, ribbed, buff yellow eggs on host plants. Larvae develop through several stages (instars) before forming a brown chrysalis.

Habitat and Food Source(s): Caterpillars have chewing mouthparts. Adults have siphoning mouths. Caterpillars feed on leaves of passion flower, Passiflora spp. Adults visit numerous flowers and migrate northward and feed on nectar.

Pest Status: Harmless.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2007-07-19 18:38]

Hi Angy,

The oranges in this picture are just magnificent. Beautiful butterfly - beautiful flowers - and wonderful background. Excellent sharpness showing off the lovely wing patterns. Very nice composition.

Jane

hi angelina,
lovely capture of Gulf fritillary, liked the pov very much, it gives nice details of the butterfly with open wings along with the lantana flowers, lovely bg, nice composition,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-07-19 20:58]

Hello Angelina

A wonderful shot of this fritillary.The colours are outstanding.The focus and sharpness are really well done.nicely composed in the frame.This shot has visual impact.TFS

Rob

Oh very nice Angy! I love the oranges and greens here. Nice and sharp!

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  • JPlumb Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 637 W: 166 N: 889] (2884)
  • [2007-07-19 23:17]

Hi Angy, beautiful contrasts between the butterfly and his flower and that green background. You have an excellent composition with him feeding on the flower. The shot is sharp with very good detail.

Thanks, John

Hello Angy,
Very good shallowed DOF that bring sharpness and details on the awesome coloured butterfly!
very well composed and very well seen
thanks for sharing
best regards
Tony

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2007-07-20 1:19]

Hi Angy,
a great capture of this Fritillary.
Very sharp with beautiful colours.
Even the flower matches it's colour.
Well done,
Joe

Beautiful orange, red and yellow contrasting nicely with the green BG...Outstanding POV...A fine capture...
Jim

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  • lise Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 172 W: 51 N: 548] (2875)
  • [2007-07-20 4:46]

Hi Angelina,
This is such a lovely butterfly! Lovely colors and details. The POV and the composition are excellent.
Thanks for posting!
Lise

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2007-07-20 6:02]

Hi Angelina,
Splendid shot of this beautiful butterfly. Such rich and vivid colours and the sharpness is very impressive. I like the colour tones here and the OOF green leaves provides a fine base to highlight the subjects. Excellent POV and a superb composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hello Angelina
What a wonderful shot of this intersting Butterfly,
Great composition, lighting and DOF,
Superb shot, Welldone.

Good Luck
Fartash

Hi Angelina
Excellent shot of this lovely butterfly.nice sharp detail,wonderful colours.Great composition and POV.
TFS
Anita

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 640 W: 98 N: 1241] (4189)
  • [2007-07-20 7:35]

Wonderful pallet of rich, well saturated colors. Nice focus with excellent detail of butterfly's head. Good composition.
The Gulf Fritillary is one of my favorite butterflies. It seemed to be the exception in my area last summer, but I am seeing them everywhere this summer.
I also love the lantana. It is such a hardy flower so well suited to the Texas heat.

Hello Angelina,
Beautiful composition. Excellent POV, beautiful colours, good sharpness and details.
TFS,
Smitha.

Beautiful picture and notes Angy. I love the almost pop out at ya' orange. Definitely no second guessing on this one.

Bob

Hi Angelina,
What a great composition of an orange butterfly on orange flowers. Excellent focus and POV. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • kjpweb Gold Star Critiquer [C: 332 W: 86 N: 1084] (4788)
  • [2007-07-20 10:39]

The Gulf Fritillary in it's typical element - where there's Lanatana - you sure will find this beauty! Good a nd lush colors and detail! Well done! Cheers, Klaus

Super strong colors that compliment each other! I like the composition with the diagonal line of flowers. Very sharp. Reid

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  • martic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 179 W: 3 N: 156] (1315)
  • [2007-07-20 11:44]

Hi angelina,
Beautifull butterfly with good colors and sharpness
Thanks for sharing
Jean-Michel

Angelina,
You are getting better and better at this hobby of yours.
Great image.
Excellent clarity.
Great notes too.
Your friend,
Mario.

Hi angelina,
what a excellent and magnificent shot!lovely colours with great composition,superb sharp,well done

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 840 W: 67 N: 1311] (5269)
  • [2007-07-21 4:44]

Hi Angelina.
This is very nice colorful picture.Beautiful composition with great posture of this amazing kind of fritillary.Wonderful attractive colors are very well saturated.Details are sharp on rear parts of butterfly.Beautiful combination colors on butterfly/flower against green on leafs.Well done.
TFS,with greeting Milos.

Hello Angy,
the best qualities of this nice shot are the colors, so well defined, and the depth, not easy to obtain with two different subjects with the same color.
Wishes,
Violetta

wonderful colours
excellent composition
well done for this beautiful photo :))
regards
jo

Hello Angelina,
I like the pose and the position of the butterfly!
Excellent details, and the colour palette shows great contrasts that adds life to the frame...
A well composed presentation, with a fine sense of depth!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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