Speckled Wood Butterfly
The Speckled Wood is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland throughout much of Europe from march till october, with usually 3 broods per year.
This species visits rarely flowers but feeds mainly on honey dew on the upper surface of oak, ash or hazel leaves.
It was difficult to shoot this butterfly because it was very windy that day, but I got him !
Dutch name : Bont Zandoogje
German name : Waldbrettspiel
Latin name : Pararge aegeria tircis
aline64 16/05/2011 17:37
superbe ce tircis, je remarque que ce papillon se pose toujours sur des feuilles, je ne l'ai jamais vu sur une fleur, je ne sais pas pourquoi ?amicalement
Fons van Swaal 12/09/2009 20:14
SUPERB CATCH MARK......Must have missed this shot somehow...
Compliments, nice and detailed very sharp exposed...
Greetings,
F.....
Gunther Hasler 14/08/2009 21:35
Auch sehr schön eingefangen, Mark und trotz Wind hasr du die Schärfe auf den Punkt gebracht!LG Gunther
Anca Silvia B. 31/05/2009 13:54
wie Vera sagt das Foto von Chaetodon citrinellus :))))ist perfekt Mark.
Herzlichst,Anca
Vera Böhm 15/06/2008 20:02
Oh yes, dear Mark! The wind is the death of the photographer. :-((Congrats, it was difficult, but your photo is a perfect macro.
Regards, Vera
† Ushie Farkas 13/06/2008 14:06
Fantastic image from a nice butterfly! Compliments! LG UshieKeyla Juliana 09/06/2008 19:23
Thanks a lot for the comment!Wonderful macro and colours!
Greetings, Keyla
uhps-cam 06/06/2008 13:23
I love these hand-held makros, yours is superb BW, UlliDesperado 03/06/2008 21:00
nice shot!very nice colors .. i like it :)
Peter Bemsel 01/06/2008 20:48
fantastisches SchmetterlingsbildLG Peter
iacob ion 01/06/2008 20:24
Super macro!Beautiful light!Abraham's 01/06/2008 20:00
Einen freilebenden Schmetterling so schön abzubilden ist besonders schwierig, es ist Dir hier perfekt gelungen!Viele Grüße, Harald.
Henry H 01/06/2008 15:48
I know it's very difficult to shoot a butterfly.But, you shoot a sharp and detailful pic and have a good compo. Nice!
Greetings Henry
Véronique Soulier 01/06/2008 10:22
Excellent caPture ! top light and sharpness,bye VSCsomorLászló 30/05/2008 9:48
A grandious macro Mark!!bw
CsL