Love Is Like A Butterfly
Snail Sanctuary
I like this shot, as it shows some hiding snail shells.
Feeding Time
Here's a butterfly feeding through its tube-like proboscis, he said, in his best David Attenborough voice.
Eagle-Eye Butterfly
You could be forgiven for thinking that those antennae have eyes on the end. They don't. They are actually chemoreceptors. The following comes from www.gardenswithwings.com:
Butterfly antennae have chemoreceptors that are used for assessing the environment’s physical and chemical properties. Chemoreceptors are similar to the taste buds on our tongues. They are open nerve endings that transport the information to their central brains for translation. For example, butterflies use their antennae to detect which plants are producing nectar and males can sense pheromones from females of the same species.
Flying Beauty
Don't know why but I love this shot. One of Alex's. This blog, and the accompanying video, has photographs from both our cameras. I normally stick to panoramas, but panoramic butterfly pictures don't really work.
Eye See You
You can see the real eyes here. But did you know?...
Butterflies have two different types of eyes, single and compound. The one pair of simple eyes, ocelli, are single chambered and are primarily for determining light brightness. They are unable to focus on an individual object. The compound eyes are multifaceted and are used for their main eye sight. The light comes through one facet and is received by one rhabdom, similar to human retinas. Butterflies are able to see light wavelengths from 254 to 600 nm, this includes ultraviolet light, a light that we are unable to see. People can see only 450 to 700 nm. Flicker-fusion rate is the rate at which the light flickers to form a continuous image. For butterflies to see while flying their flicker-fusion rate is up to 250 times higher than it is for people. Our flicker-fusion rate is between 45-53 flickers per second.
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