Scarlet Jezabel by Anne-Marie Bokslag
Anne-Marie Bokslag

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The Scarlet Jezabel or Northern Jezabel (Delias argenthona) is a medium sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae found in Australia.

Larval food plants are mistletoes, on campus Amyema miquelii and Dendrophthoe glabrescens are the main ones. Mature larvae have a dark greenish–pink to pinkish brown to yellowish-brown body with a row of white spots bearing long white hairs; head black with a black anal segment. Adults are white or pale yellow, margins black with some white spots, veins black; lower surface hind wing has a broad yellow area at the base and outer area black with a scarlet spot in each cell.

Picture made in Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, Queensland

Camera: Canon EOS D Mark II
Lens: Tamron Zoomlens AF 18-250mm
Soligor extender 1.4x
Exposure time 1/800s
Aperture value f/6.3
ISO 800
Focal length 200 mm

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Comments

  • stephaniek
    stephaniek12 months ago

    Beautiful capture my friend!! ;-))

  • Thanks a lot Steph

    – Anne-Marie Bokslag

  • Julienne  Bowser
    Julienne Bowser12 months ago

    Very pretty AnneMarie. We have these at Kirra to :)) xoxoxox

  • Thanks Julie

    – Anne-Marie Bokslag