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Zebra Longwings (1 of 3)
I took this photo, with my Minolta Maxxim 5000 Film Camera, in June 2003 in my Butterfly Garden. I scanned the Slide to create this electronic image.
The Zebra Longwing is a Heliconian Brush footed Butterfly, which live up to six months. It's a Social Butterfly, which Roosts in groups as large as 60.
It collects Pollen in Balls on it's Proboscis and uses Digestive Enzymes, to break down the Protein in Pollen into Amino Acids, which it sucks up through it's Proboscis. This known as External Digestion, which results in the relatively long life span compared to other Butterflies.
Zebra Longwings (1 of 3)
I took this photo, with my Minolta Maxxim 5000 Film Camera, in June 2003 in my Butterfly Garden. I scanned the Slide to create this electronic image.
The Zebra Longwing is a Heliconian Brush footed Butterfly, which live up to six months. It's a Social Butterfly, which Roosts in groups as large as 60.
It collects Pollen in Balls on it's Proboscis and uses Digestive Enzymes, to break down the Protein in Pollen into Amino Acids, which it sucks up through it's Proboscis. This known as External Digestion, which results in the relatively long life span compared to other Butterflies.