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100% Camouflage


100% Camouflage
Photo Information
Copyright: Ricardo A Palonsky (RAP) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-09-03
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon Powershot Pro1
Exposure: f/4, 1/320 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Lepidoptera: Butterflies and Moths, My personal butterflies, Mimicry [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-09-12 8:25
Viewed: 6630
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Camouflage or Mimicry is adapting to look like something else.
Mimicry is important: it keeps its owner alive. Much mimicry is based in color and visual pattern.

Tropical Greenstreak (Cyanophrys herodotus)

Wing span: 7/8 - 1 1/8 inches (2.2 - 2.9 cm).

Identification: Hindwing tailed. Upperside blue; face and underside green. Hindwing with only 1 red-brown spot at lower outer margin.

Life history: Females lay eggs singly on flowers and flower stalks of host plants. Caterpillars feed on leaves and flowers.

Flight: Late May-late October in South Texas, throughout the year in Central America and Mexico.

Caterpillar hosts: Various shrubs and trees in Central America and Mexico including Lantana camara, Cornutia grandifolia, Clerodendron paniculatum (Verbenaceae); Lithraea brasiliensis, Schinus molle, Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae); and Mikania (Asteraceae).

Adult food: Flower nectar.

Habitat: Seasonally dry and wet tropical forests and neighboring edges.

Range: Brazil north through Central and South America to Sinaloa and Tamaulipas in Mexico. Rare stray to South Texas.
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To marhowie: I dont know...RAP 1 09-12 13:23
To PDP: Nope...RAP 1 09-12 10:34
To ellis49: jajajaja...RAP 1 09-12 09:08
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Ricardo
Nice cammo jacket this b'fly is wearing. Good catch and note too.

Very good shot Ricardo.
Where is the insect ? ;-).
Nice colors and good details.
Good note.
Well done.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2004-09-12 9:24]

Intéressant cet étonnant papillon qui se confond dans le feuillage ! Joile photo bien composée.
Well done Ricardo !

Brilliant! You did an exceptional job in capturing him in his natural environment to show us his camoflague ability. Very well done Ricardo. Nice contribution.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2004-09-12 10:30]
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How well he blends in. I'd like to see the blue upperside of the wings, do you have a picture? Great shot Ricardo, and good note too.

Ricardo, This is a most excellent depiction of camouflage found in nature. Do I understand correctly that this specie actually changes its colors similar to say a chameleon? Great post!

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1973 W: 119 N: 2582] (8439)
  • [2004-09-12 12:39]

wauw Ricardo,
Yes this is camouflage, very nice capture, from this camouflage butterfly, good colours, great dof and a exelent note, very good job

Almost a perfect match Ricardo, the greens are beautifully seen. the leaf mimicry seems a universal theme in the insect world and the butterfly are better than most.
the image is very nicely sharp front to back, even the shadow from the leaf helps to show how it blends in with the BG.

Otra buena foto Ricardo, lamento haberte afectado al apetito. En esta me gusta especialmente los verdes que consigues con los diferentes tonos y contrastes. En increible como la hoja que esta detrás de la mariposa proyecta sombra sobre la misma, si la luz viene del otro lado; o la sombra corresponde a otra hoja y coincide, no lo entiedo muy bien.
Por cierto fijandome descubri el reflejo de tu objetivo en el abdomen de la mosca que publicaste :)

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  • Jax Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 77 W: 0 N: 150] (500)
  • [2004-09-12 20:15]

Great shot - he had me fooled for a while.
Lovely composition, details and a good note.

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1366 W: 32 N: 1351] (3982)
  • [2004-09-13 3:14]

A great capture and you did well to spot it,the camouflage is so good.
Excellent colours and texture.
A great shot,very well done.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2004-09-13 16:25]

This guy is a master at camouflage. The sharpness and DOF is great, and I like the composition too. I have never seen this butterfly before. Thanks for posting

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