A Painted Lady feeding on verbena displays the perfect symmetry of her wings. Look closer and the complicated pattern resolves into a living mosaic of single coloured scales.
Click twice on the lower image for a close up view of the structure of the butterfly’s wings.
September 3, 2017 at 6:26 pm
Nice photos! Butterflies ..one of my favorite things to observe ..amazing creatures.
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September 4, 2017 at 4:52 am
Beautiful closeups!
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September 4, 2017 at 8:23 am
Thank you!
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September 15, 2017 at 9:20 am
Fab macros of a beautiful butterfly
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September 15, 2017 at 9:23 am
Thanks for your kind comment.
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