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Glasswing

Tiny beautiful insect

Tiny beautiful insect
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JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots June 08, 2013
Beautiful shot! Have never seen one of those here in Florida.
Achieverswales
Achieverswales June 13, 2013
Thank you so much
AliAlzuhair
 
AliAlzuhair June 13, 2013
Lovely!
Achieverswales
Achieverswales June 13, 2013
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
MaryAnne306 PRO+
 
MaryAnne306 June 13, 2013
Beautiful colors, great composition, wonderful capture. Love it.
Achieverswales
Achieverswales June 13, 2013
Thank you so much for your kind words.

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Trev.
tami_jo_negrete_287 PRO
 
tami_jo_negrete_287 June 13, 2013
I have never seen one one of those, beautiful shot!
Achieverswales
Achieverswales June 14, 2013
Thank you Tami.

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Trev.
trista7510 Ultimate
 
trista7510 June 13, 2013
Very interesting butterfly, unusual. Great shot.
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Achieverswales June 14, 2013
Thank you Trista.

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Trev.
johndinneen
 
johndinneen June 14, 2013
Looks so delicate, superbly captured Trev.

John
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Achieverswales June 14, 2013
Thank you for your comment John.

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Trev.
srimanta
 
srimanta June 16, 2013
Fantastic shot.... love the colour and detail.... :)
Achieverswales
Achieverswales June 17, 2013
Thank you so much.


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Trev.
emileabbott
 
emileabbott June 18, 2013
Not familiar with this one and have not seen them in the Texas desert. Outstanding detail
Achieverswales
Achieverswales June 18, 2013
Thanks for your comment it is appreciated some info.

The Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto) is a brush-footed butterfly, and is a member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, subtribe Godyridina.

G. oto adults also exhibit a number of interesting behaviors, such as long migrations and lekking among males.
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The wings are translucent, with a wingspan of 5.6 to 6.1 cm Its most common English name is glasswinged butterfly, and its Spanish name is "espejitos", which means "little mirrors". Indeed, the tissue between the veins of its wings looks like glass, as it lacks the colored scales found in other butterflies.The opaque borders of its wings are dark brown sometimes tinted with red or orange, and its body is dark in color.

Adults range from Mexico through Panama. They also fly through Florida.
visits common flowers like lantana, but prefers to lay its eggs on plants of the tropical Solanaceae genus Cestrum. The green caterpillars feed on these toxic plants and are perhaps toxic to predators through secondary chemicals stored in their tissues; caterpillar chemical extracts are unpalatable to Paraponera clavata ants. Adults are also assumed to be toxic, but their toxicity results mainly from males feeding on flowers (e.g., Asteraceae) whose nectar contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids. These same alkaloids also are converted into pheromones by the males and used to attract females.

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Trev.
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justkim1106 August 16, 2013
Absolute beauty.
Juliamclean PRO
 
Juliamclean August 16, 2013
great detail and clarity......
mylene_ralph
 
mylene_ralph August 16, 2013
Wonderful shot.
Flosno
 
Flosno September 10, 2013
Great composition and capture
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Bassariscus September 04, 2018
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