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Wikipedia: Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.
Its range includes north-eastern India (including Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland), Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands (stragglers only), western, southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, southern Japan including Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Nias, Batu, Simeulue, Bangka, Java, Kalimantan and the Lesser Sunda Islands).
Un frelon ? Point du tout !
La Sésie apiforme est un PAPILLON ! Mimétique d'Hyménoptères, ce papillon peut induire en erreur . Mais pourquoi ? Chez les insectes, le jaune et le noir sont des couleurs dîtes aposématiques, c'est-à-dire qu'elles indiquent un danger potentiel. Les prédateurs (oiseaux) assimilent ces couleurs à des insectes plus dangereux (ici les frelons) et vont préférer consommer d'autres insectes. En prenant les couleurs d'un insecte venimeux, la sésie apiforme sauve sa peau de ce fait !
Image prise dans un milieu naturel .
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A hornet? Not at all !
The Apiform Borer is a BUTTERFLY! Mimetic of Hymenoptera, this butterfly can be misleading. But why ? In insects, yellow and black are so-called aposematic colors, that is, they indicate a potential danger. Predators (birds) assimilate these colors to more dangerous insects (here hornets) and will prefer to consume other insects. By taking the colors of a poisonous insect, the apiform borer saves its skin as a result!
Image taken in a natural environment.
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Stapelia schinzii var Angolensis is native to Angola, Africa. The plant grows in groups in the shade of shrubs in arid regions.
S. schinzii is a succulent belonging to the Apocynaceae botanical family. The plant grows in clumps that can reach 50 cm in size. The succulent has a quadrangular, creeping, pale green stem, 8 cm tall, made up of vertical hooks, arranged in ribs, without leaves so as not to lose water. At the base of the plant, younger shoots bear very particular flowers. Flowers are large, reddish-brown star fish-shaped, usually solitary. The corolla is wrinkled and the lobes along the outer edge have clavate, dark red or black hairs. These hairs form a fringe and with breeze start to tremble, possibly attracting insects. The corolla will soon curl backwards giving the flowers a very unusual form. Fruits are follicles: a dry fruit with many woolly hairs that help the plant to spread the seed.
i was driving on a dirty road looking for birds when i saw a shape at my right.
i'm used to find owls that are very mimetic and cannot be search easily with a sight.
the best thing to do with all the wild animals is to be used to their shape.
so i stopped the car and i came back...nothing there...but i decided to wait a bit and after a minute ...
peekaboo!!! a curious spotted eagle owl (bubo africanus) rose from behind some rocks.
i really love these birds!!
"peek-a-boo"
overberg ,South Africa
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A White Admiral Butterfly on Echinacea flower. I was surprised to see the entropy theme in both the butterfly wing and the flower petals.
Photo taken Aug 13, 2020
Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis. It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
Where does the sea end?
Where does the sky begin?
the boats are floating.
Or do they fly back?
the horizon was lost
in the mimetic game
of the sky and the waters.
The movement melted
in one color
blue, the still blue.
Colors melt;
movement is turned off.
A single color remains;
there is no windward.
Where does the sea end?
where does the sky begin?
by Jose Maria Hinojosa
ELVION, Mirage (37, 171, 34) - Moderado
Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis. It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
Limenitis arthemis can be split into two major groups, mainly based on one physical characteristic: the presence of a white band along the wings. Individuals of the northern group, called white admirals, have a conspicuous white band that traverse both the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the wing, while those of the southern group, called red-spotted purples, lack that trait as they have evolved to mimic the poisonous pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor). Due to overlap in distribution among the two major groups, intermediates are numerous as hybridization occurs frequently.
This White Admiral had just emerged from its cocoon and was resting before flying away.
Purdon Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada. June 2016.
Mimetic.
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My first shots of a Common Mime (papilio clytia) that are seen in plenty in the pre-monsoon and monsoon period but becoming scarce later on. The Common Mime has two mimetic forms in both sexes. This one is of the form 'dissimilis' that mimics the toxic Blue Tiger.
The Pagoda Flower (clerodendrum paniculatum) are like butterfly magnets and that is the reason why I let them grow wild in the backyard. It is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clerodendrum and family Lamiaceae.
Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, common eggfly or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly is a species of nymphalid butterfly found from Madagascar to Asia and Australia. H. bolina is a black-bodied butterfly with a wingspan of about 70–85 millimetres. The species has a high degree of sexual dimorphism. The female is mimetic with multiple morphs. The male's upperside of the wings is jet black, offset with three pairs of white spots, two on the forewing and one on the hindwing. These spots are surrounded by purple iridescence. In addition, the upperside of the hindwing bears a series of small white dots. The female's upperside of the wings of the female is a brownish black and does not have any spots like those of the male. The edges bear white markings which are similar to those of the common Indian crow. 31615
The 7-story Big Basket building in Newark, Ohio, on Rt 16, opened in 1997 as the headquarters of the Longaberger Company, an American basket manufacturer. One of the most famous example of mimetic architecture, designed to replicate the company's bestselling product, the Medium Market Basket, but 160 times larger.
The founder of the company, Dave Longaberger, son and grandson of basket-weavers, employed more than 8,200 employees in 2000. With declining business, the Longaberger Company vacated the basket in 2016 with fewer than 75 full-time employees. In 2018, the company became non-operational and ceased all the operation. $30M building when it opened in 1997 was sold for $1.2M in 2018. Currently in 2022, the building is vacant.
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The red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis. It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
L. arthemis can be split into two major groups, mainly based on one physical characteristic: the presence of a white band along the wings. Individuals of the northern group, called white admirals, have a conspicuous white band that traverses both the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the wing, while those of the southern group, called red-spotted purples, lack that trait as they have evolved to mimic the poisonous pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor). Due to overlap in distribution among the two major groups, intermediates are numerous as hybridization occurs frequently. (Wikipedia)
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The trail was full of butterflies and dragonflies, and the air was full of bird song. We had chosen this trail because it was very shady and full of native plants. Turned out to be very productive and very, very hot.
Morris Island Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. July 2024.
Eastern Ontario Birding.
the chicks of spotted eagle owl (bubo africanus) are very mimetic and they stay often on the ground.
of course they are mimetic until....they open their big eyes!
overberg ,South Africa
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* Well my stream has emerged again I hope you are all back on stream Its all a bit slow but hopefully it will improve bit by bit
You will have noticed that a my images from Thailand are not great for people who prefer nature shots. However just for a change I did get at least one butterfly capture . The great Mormon butterfly was quite spectacular certainly the largest butterfly I have ever seen . It was flying along the banks of the river where we bathing elephants . So I had to get out the river pretty sharpish to grab this shot
Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.The butterfly is large with a 120 to 150 millimetres (4.7 to 5.9 in) wingspan . I believe this is the Male (form agenor)
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My mind is a blank.
[Tattoo] [White~Widow] Nerve - Black @Cosmopolitan (July 30th-coming soon)
[Pants] [AK] - Mimetic Pant Gray @MOM
I imagine she will say as usual, what the hell does she want of me ??? this primeval creature attracts and fascinates me, I do not like insects very much , but I'm curious about them !
Roe deer female in moulting phase.
Seeing this kind of photo at the beginning I thought that these looks were a symptom of sighting of the photographer by the wild. Sometimes it happens, but here I was in my mimetic cocoon. Most of the time these creatures with these oversized ears perceive the shutter noise and then point their gaze exactly where that sound is coming from. After a while they resume turning and feeding; once back in the woods, the photographer can cease activity and move away, without creating fear or stress for the animal.
Femmina di capriolo in fase di muta.
Vedendo questo genere di foto agli inizi pensavo che questi sguardi fossero sintomo di avvistamento del fotografo da parte dei selvatici. Talora accade, ma qui ero nel mio bozzolo mimetico. Il più delle volte queste creature con queste orecchie sovradimensionate percepiscono il rumore dell'otturatore e quindi puntano il loro sguardo esattamente da dove proviene quel suono. Dopo un pò riprendono a girare e nutrirsi; una volta rientrati nel bosco il fotografo può cessare la sua attività ed allontanarsi a sua volta, senza creare paura o stress all'animale.
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Dans un immense ciel d'azur flottent trois objets livides et monumentaux, semblables à des nuées solides. Magritte a sans doute découvert dans l’atelier de Dalí des œuvres comme Le jeu lugubre qui tirent parti de la métamorphose des formes. Au climat hallucinatoire de Dalí, Magritte préfère la consistance ouateuse des nuages. Le torse de femme et le tuba sont ici accompagnés d'une chaise dans une association qui semble purement aléatoire. Malgré la vraisemblance mimétique donnée par Magritte à des objets de son répertoire, ceux-ci se donnent sous le jour de l’absence.
In a huge azure sky float three livid and monumental objects, like solid clouds. Magritte has undoubtedly discovered in Dalí's studio works such as Le jeu lugubre which take advantage of the metamorphosis of forms. Magritte prefers the fleecy consistency of clouds to the hallucinatory climate of Dalí. The woman's torso and the tuba are here accompanied by a chair in an association which seems purely random. Despite the mimetic likelihood given by Magritte to objects in his repertoire, these occur in the light of absence.
Flores que parecen insectos o insectos que simulan ser flores, la naturaleza sabiamente permite que unos y otros se mimeticen y se beneficien de sus engaños.
this is evidently the mantis I saw in my garden about one month ago, I saw her ?? about two weeks ago on the outside stairs attacked by 3 of my cats and was able to save her , she did not move in front of the three, simply opened her short wings like two little fans and fixed them , she could not possibly win the battle , so I helped her throwing her into high foliage , now I saw it, a bit damaged , sitting on top of a balcony plant, mimetically hiding, she did not move, as usual , perhaps it was not in good health , it's rathar cold now at night... it's an aggressive but also very courageous insect, I just wonder if she will survive, have no idea how long their life can be , but this was a nice meeting.
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Adults homework... Challenges of Nov, task 19①
大人の宿題 お題「onomatopoeia & mimetic」
擬音語、擬態語
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Nicole Clouston & Quintin Teszeri
Our concept is a collage of enlarged plants curated from the local ecology. The wrap will serve as an uncanny camouflage for the box. It will visually merge the box with its organic environment by mimetically reflecting familiar plants from throughout Burlington. However, the wrap will also de-familiarize this flora through illustration and scale. Although the represented plants are rendered in the scientific tradition of botanical illustration, they are not magnified for scientific purposes, but rather to draw attention to the liveliness of the site and the vibrancy of Burlington’s ecology.
The African Swallowtail (Papilio dardanus), too the Mocker Swallowtail or Flying Handkerchief, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the Swallowtails).
The African Swallowtail is endemic and widespread in the tropical African countries south of the Sahara Desert.
The wingspan is about 8.5 – 11.5 cm. The male is creamy white in color with velvet-like black spots on it's upper side and it has a creamy white underside with carmel colored detailing.
The males have long tails on their hind wings; the females not.
While the males maintain a typical swallowtail appearance, the females occur in over thirty different mimetic forms. The female of the species is a master of protective disguise. The female forms are remarkably diverse and mimic other butterflies, so protecting themselves against predators.
This picture was taken in the indoor butterfly garden "De Passiflorahoeve" in Harskamp, the Netherlands.
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The Red Spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis) is also known as the Red Spotted Purple Admiral. This is a North American brush-footed butterfly species which is a perfect example of natural evolutionary mimicry and hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic butterfly species.
Un jeune marcassin qui a trouvé refuge dans un pâturage de vache. Quel mimétisme !
A young wild boar which has been taken in by a herd of cows. How mimetic !
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Papilio memnon, the great Mormon, is a large butterfly native to southern Asia that belongs to the swallowtail family. It is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. The female is polymorphic and with mimetic forms.
Its range includes north-eastern India (including Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland), Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Andaman Islands (stragglers only), western, southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, southern Japan including Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Nias, Batu, Simeulue, Bangka, Java, Kalimantan and the Lesser Sunda Islands).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_memnon
From a recent visit to Pili Palas, North Wales