Proboscis Alignment, Pt. 2 - _TNY_6844
Another new species for me at the Haga Ocean butterfly house - a male orange-barred sulphur (Phoebis philea) trying to get its probocis into working order befor taking its first flight.
Butterfly probocis isn't a single structure so they need to "zipper" it up before it can use it and this one was working on this while still hanging from the chrysalis it crawled out of.
Sulphurs are unsurprisingly yellow, but this one has orange bars on its wings - but just on the dorsal side. I never saw this one take of so I was unable to get any shots of the dorsal side.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53651398984/
Three more shots of this species, but shot with flash at a later visit really bring out the colour here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53727988195/
here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53807555487/
Proboscis Alignment, Pt. 2 - _TNY_6844
Another new species for me at the Haga Ocean butterfly house - a male orange-barred sulphur (Phoebis philea) trying to get its probocis into working order befor taking its first flight.
Butterfly probocis isn't a single structure so they need to "zipper" it up before it can use it and this one was working on this while still hanging from the chrysalis it crawled out of.
Sulphurs are unsurprisingly yellow, but this one has orange bars on its wings - but just on the dorsal side. I never saw this one take of so I was unable to get any shots of the dorsal side.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53651398984/
Three more shots of this species, but shot with flash at a later visit really bring out the colour here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53727988195/
here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53807555487/