Resting Black Swallowtail Butterfly
by Robert Bales
Title
Resting Black Swallowtail Butterfly
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Found this while spending a little time at Priest Lake in Idaho.
Black Swallowtails are a fairly common but very pretty butterfly with a wingspan of about a 2.5 to 4 inches wide. They are easy to attract to host plants to lay eggs, and the caterpillars are easy to raise also.
Black Swallowtail butterfly eggs are a very pale, almost white color. They are spherical (ball like) and the female will lay them on both the undersides and tops of the plant leaves. It takes around 3-5 days for the eggs to hatch. Longer if the weather is cooler. When the eggs are close to hatching they will turn to a darker color. The dark color is the actual caterpillar growing inside. The caterpillars chew their way out of the egg. After they hatch they eat what is left of the egg.
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January 8th, 2019
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Comments (14)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Luther for the nice feature, congrats, invitation, and the nice promotion!!
Glenn DiPaola
So many great images to view, but this one stopped me to have a good look. Love the tones in this. Most are nicely muted shades of green and then the butterfly is so bold, and the flower so brilliant. Excellent capture. L/F
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much Glenn for the wonderful comments and the LF!! So glad you enjoyed the butterfly!!
Marvin Blaine
Stunning closeup photography Robert! Love the subject, colors and feel of this piece! L/F
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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