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Silver-Spotted Skipper


Silver-Spotted Skipper
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Copyright: cecilia lazzaro (cecilia) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 503 W: 6 N: 1238] (4628)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-26
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/3.8, 1/60 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-07-11 7:32
Viewed: 683
Points: 24
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Silver-Spotted Skipper

This large, conspicuous, and easily identified skipper occurs in disturbed and open forest situations in southern Canada, most of the continental United States, and northern Mexico.
The wingspan is 1.8-2.6 inches. The fore wing has a broad, angular, translucent gold patch, and the hind wing has a small, blunt posterior lobe and distinctive metallic silver patch on the underside. Adults select many kinds of summer flowers, especially pink, red and purple flowers, as nectar sources.
Males perch on leaves and twigs and pursue large insects that come within range.
Their rapid, darting flight is often difficult to follow.
Females deposit eggs singly on leaves of food plants.
The caterpillar's preferred host is black locust, but it will also consume leaves of sticktight (Desmodium), bush clover (Lespedeza), and other legumes.
The larva is light yellow, with fine, dark lines crossing from side to side over the back.
Its head is rust red and has two large, round, yellow-orange spots low on the front.
Caterpillars cut and fold leaflets of compound-leaved legumes to create shelters, abandoning older shelters as they grow.
Larger and more mature individuals require larger shelters, which may consist of several leaflets. This species has more than one generation each year, and it seems that adults are present all summer after their first appearance in late May.
Large numbers of them appear in July.
The species winters as pupae
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Hello Celicia,
Nice skipper. Very sharp and spot on focus. I love this pov and composition. Well done and TFS.
JC

Lovely shot Cecilia!
I did a quick workshop, to cheer it up a tiny bit :)
Howard

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1159 W: 255 N: 2639] (11925)
  • [2006-07-11 11:31]

Hi cecilia,

A nice shot of this skipper,its a bit dark and howards workshop version lightens it a bit,but maybe when you had used a fill flash the result would be better,since I started to use fill flash on macroshots results were seen straight away,

Regards,
Paul

Hi Cecilia, great macro, with excellent colors and details. The eyes are amazing. Good OOF BG and compo.

Andrea

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  • ciccio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 235 W: 52 N: 345] (2715)
  • [2006-07-11 13:01]

Hi Cecilia, buen POV y DOF. Gracias y TFS. Un saludo. Jose Luis.

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2192 W: 124 N: 2600] (8410)
  • [2006-07-11 14:07]

lovely shot cecilia,
a very sof shot, soft and nice, very nice pov and a good dof, maybe a flash was usefull, very good job.
gr. jaap

Hello celicia, excllent colors, Bg, POV DOF perfect colors, great Job, TFS Kyle

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  • Oz1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 84 W: 2 N: 170] (956)
  • [2006-07-12 6:59]

Hi Cecilia,
Wonderful image. very delicate colors and good details. POV and BG are great!
Lovely shot!!
well done and TFS!!

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1276 W: 133 N: 874] (2804)
  • [2006-07-12 11:44]

Nice shot of this Hesperiidae Cecilia!
A bit darker I think.
Good on details and BG!
TFS!

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 641 W: 32 N: 791] (3080)
  • [2006-07-12 18:09]

Hi Cecilia, A very well captured shot with excellent details and colours. Very well composed within the frame with good lighting. Well done and TFS.
Dean.

Beautiful capture with the purple on the green background the subject is very nice with the perfect POV. :)

Lovely image, so much detail. I really enjoy all your butterfly pics.
Cheers
Otto

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  • Ken52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 663 W: 98 N: 1262] (4185)
  • [2006-12-30 13:38]

I like you composition and the outstanding details and the nice well saturated colors and Howard did a great workshop too!

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