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Early Autumn. The trees are heavy with ivy, quite naturally, as the owners leave nature to take its course...
early morning light .. mesmerizing one.. set my angle and higher shutter speed to eliminate the B/G !!
Has No Prominent Tail And Also Known As The Lemon Or Chequered Butterfly From Asia, Australia, Classed As A Pest And Invasive Species.
Thought To Be the most widely distributed swallowtail in the world.
Niagara Butterfly Conservatory
From Lime Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek, California
Happy Slider Sunday!
Note: The field in the foreground is mostly a road that was replaced via Luminar Neo GenErase along with additional modifications.
On the upperside, the wings of the Lime Butterfly are black with large yellow markings. These form an irregular macular fascia running from the apex of the forewing to the mid-dorsum on the hind wing, and there is a series of yellow submarginal spots on both wings. At the bottom of the hind wing (space 1b) is a red spot with an anterior narrow blue lunule. As for the female, this blue lunule forms the anterior portion of a large black circular spot above the red spot. The underside is predominantly yellow with a series of reddish post-discal bars on the hind wing.
This butterfly is common in gardens wherever the host plants of the species, Citrus spp. are cultivated. It is a strong flyer with a rapid erratic flight. It flies from flower to flower in search of nectar. Like many Papilionidae it has a characteristic flight when feeding, in that whilst the forewings are flapping rapidly, the hindwings are held almost stationary as if to balance the butterfly perched on a flower as it sucks nectar from the flower with its long proboscis.
In the cool morning hours, the Lime Butterfly may be found resting amongst shrubbery, sunbathing with its wings opened flat, as if to warm up before taking flight and going about the day's business.
An interesting phenomenon, particularly in the more affluent Asian countries, is that during the Lunar New Year celebrations, the Lime Butterfly appears to be more common than usual, due to the discarded Citrus plants which are traditionally purchased with the orange fruits ripened, to signify wealth during this Chinese festival. With the abundance of its host plant during this season, the female Lime Butterfly will waste no time ovipositing on the available host plants.
The eggs are oviposited singly on the young leaves of the Citrus host plant. The egg is smooth, round and yellowish in color, measuring around 1mm in diameter.
After about 3-4 days, the caterpillar hatches from the egg, and immediately starts to consume the eggshell completely. The caterpillar then starts to eat the young leaf that the egg was laid upon.
After a total of 11 days upon hatching from the egg, the caterpillar then goes into a day of dormant pre-pupation pose after carefully selecting a perch onto which it can pupate upright.
The pupa is light green with two projections to the front on its head and also one on its thorax. The abdominal segments are a bright lime green as opposed to the toned down green of the rest of the pupa. A silken girdle helps the pupa stay in an upward position.
After about 10 days, the pupa shell turns transparent and the wings of the butterfly can be seen through the semi-transparent pupa shell.
Upon eclosion, the adult butterfly emerges and hangs its wings out to dry, as it pumps fluids into the wings to expand them. When its wings are sufficiently dry and hardened, usually after about an hour or more, it takes its maiden flight.
Broadleaf lime (Tilia platyphyllos) in early evening light.
Olympus EM1 + Meyer Optik Görlitz Oreston 50mm f1.8, wide open aperture.
Alongside the Long Water of Hampton Court, an avenue of lime trees was planted in the 1660s by King Charles II as a gift to his new bride, Catherine of Braganza. A major conservation and restoration project to reinstate the historic vista of the Long Water Avenue was completed in May 2004 when HRH The Prince of Wales planted the last of 544 new lime trees that once again flank the central canal as Charles II would have known it.
Macro Mondays theme: Green.
Limes are supposed to be green right? Well I had real trouble with them because they are not acctually very green at all. I really don't know why I make life so difficult, I could have chosen something intensley green but I guess it became a challenge that I had to beat.
Here is my final offering, HMM...