Sucking out the Good Stuff - _TNY_0100
Here's a female brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) using its long proboscis to get the sweet nectar out of a thistle at Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park. Do zoom in on the eye - it looks very cool with that marble effect.
A shot of the same butterfly girl, but more from the side and with a ant next to it as well as a minute wasp which has landed on the wing can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48266948742/
Sucking out the Good Stuff - _TNY_0100
Here's a female brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) using its long proboscis to get the sweet nectar out of a thistle at Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park. Do zoom in on the eye - it looks very cool with that marble effect.
A shot of the same butterfly girl, but more from the side and with a ant next to it as well as a minute wasp which has landed on the wing can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48266948742/