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| Don't you love the way this moth (or is it a fuzzy butterfly? I don't know) is equipped with a built-in "straw"—perfect for drinking its meals from the depths of these blooms? [To see more Macro Monday pics, go here, And to see more Mellow Yellow, go here.] |
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Nice colors and close up.
ReplyDeleteIf it’s fuzzy it’s probably a moth.
You havin’ a heat wave or somethin’? This guy looks particularly thirsty.
Hiya, I opt for butterfly, but find it often hard to tell.
ReplyDeleteWonder what they do when that 'straw' breaks :-)
She certainly does! Gorgeous macro.
ReplyDeleteDid you know about this?: One particular example illustrates Darwin's powerful insight. He studied dried specimens of Angraecum sesquipedale, an orchid native to Madagascar. The white flower of this orchid has a foot-long (30 cm) tubular spur with a small drop of nectar at its base. Darwin claimed that this orchid had been pollinated by a moth with a foot-long tongue. He noted, however, that his statement "has been ridiculed by some entomologists." And indeed, around the turn of the century, a Madagascan moth with a one-foot-long tongue was discovered. Apparently, the moth's tongue uncoils to sip the nectar of A. sesquipedale as it cross-pollinates the flowers.
ReplyDeleteLook at the antennae. Moth antennae vary, but lack the clubbed end that butterfly antennae have. So Alexa's insect is (almost certainly) a butterfly.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree Alexa!
ReplyDeletegreat shot too.
I hope you are enjoying the rain, nice for a change isn't it?
She sure does! What a wonderful photo! I posted this moth, then someone wrote to say it was a butterfly. Oh, well....
ReplyDeleteAnd wow, what Bert wrote!
Excellent macro! Nice detail.
ReplyDeleteMy bad. It looks much like this Little Glassywing Skipper Butterfly.
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