Blue Morpho

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Blue Morpho

I saw 4 blue morphos over two days while riding in the Mayan jungle in Belize. Their gorgeous blue wings caught the sunlight as the flitted very quickly through the trees. This one here was in an enclosure near where we stayed where they bred only indigenous butterflies. It is feeding on banana and sharing his food with many banana owl butterflies.
The Menelaus Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus) is an iridescent tropical butterfly of Central and South America. It has a wing span of six inches (15 centimeters). The adult drinks juice from rotten fruit with its long proboscis, which is like a sucking tube. The adult males have brighter colours than the females.

The larva eats plants at night. The larva is red-brown in colour with bright patches of lime-green or yellow. The larvae are also highly cannibalistic. (Wikipaedia)

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Blue Morpho by Braedene
Blue Morpho by Braedene
  • mekea

    mekea

    Beautiful capture my friend!! :)) Wonderful blues!!

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Mekea – gosh you were quick. I was so excited to see them in the wild. I did get a shot of a banana owl butterfly in the wild but the morphos didn’t hang around !!

  • Samantha Dean

    Samantha Dean

    Absolutely beautiful Liz!!! Wonderful capture and they look excellent on the card!! Well done my friend!! :-)

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you so Much. I wish I could have avoided the red dish the food was on though!!

  • louisegreen

    louisegreen

    Lovely & thanks for the info on them Liz. The card does look great.

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Louise. Always wanted to see one in the wild. Actually I tend to make that a goal with as many animals/creatures as I can- to see them in their natural habitat. Not that we don’t require zoos etc as many of the species would be dying out without the dedicated care of well kept zoos.

  • Al Bourassa

    Al Bourassa

    Awesome shot Liz.

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Al – The guide told us we were lucky to see them where we were in the jungle not only on one day but two days!!

  • Cora Wandel

    Cora Wandel

    Liz, a fascinating image, beautifully shot, and a nicely written commentary. – Cora

  • Braedene replied

    Oh Cora – thank you so much and thank you for featuring this beautiful butterfly. Their size was amazing, although the banana owl b’fly was pretty big too.

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  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Cora – so appreciate this. It’s even more stunning to actually see . The wings are sucha gorgeous shade of turquoise blue. I think this one is a female as the males have even more blue on them.

  • Snapshot20

    Snapshot20

    Wow! Soooo gorgeous!
    Amazing that you found one!
    Did you see the movie about the blue butterfly?

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you very much – I almost fell off my horse. There were two each time – I assumed male and female because one had much more blue on the wings. Think the one here is a female. Didn’t see the film – when was it on?

  • ienemien

    ienemien

    BEAUTIFUL…. I love the Blue Morphe…they are so difficult to make a photo… its really a challenge to try… visit many times The Butterfly Valley, the greatest in Europe and so close to my house… Love it… bye ien

  • Braedene replied

    Ien, you are so lucky to be so close to the Butterfly Valley. We have Butterfly places in Scotland but they don’t have all the exotic species. Very difficult to catch in the wild – they never stopped long enough to take a photo. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Liz

  • Lisa Jones

    Lisa Jones

    Beautiful work Liz!

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Lisa

  • Yool

    Yool

    Amazing capture !!!!

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you so much – isn’t the colour amazing?

  • FelicityB

    FelicityB

    Beautiful, and congrats on the feature!!

  • Braedene replied

    Aw Thank you Felicity – much appreciated. Liz

  • Nancy Chambers

    Nancy Chambers

    This is so beautiful….congrats on your well deserved feature. :)

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you very much Nancy – loved the excitement of seeing them first in the wild.

  • Laurie Puglia

    Laurie Puglia

    wow. this is really amazing liz :) great colors here and liking the explanation to the right. laurie

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Laurie – it is a huge butterfly.

  • Dawne Olson

    Dawne Olson

    Such a terrific image! Reminded me right away of a movie I saw… congrats on your feature!!

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you so much Dawne – Snapshot mentioned that but I haven’t seen the film.

  • Carol Barona

    Carol Barona

    wow, stunning! this is beautiful!

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Carol – it is a beautiful colour.

  • Julie Marks

    Julie Marks

    This is exquisite. I love the vibrant color and details of this stunning butterfly that looks like a beautiful abstract painting. Outstanding work!!

  • Braedene replied

    Oh Julie , thank you very much- what a lovely comment.

  • handprintz

    handprintz

    Beautifully captured Liz,lovely vibrant colours

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Trudi – they are beautiful butterflies and so big.

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    Absolutely lovely shot with great detail! I have seen these butterflies at the Montreal Botanical Gardens during their Butterflies are free exhibition, that you have captured them in their natural setting is amazing! Congrats on ImageWriting feature!

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you very much Joanne – they are so beautiful and apart from the riding of course so wanted to see them .

  • connieinwi

    connieinwi

    Gorgeous Capture!

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you very much Connie -

  • linda858100

    linda858100

    LOVELY

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Linda – I appreciate you looking in. Liz

  • Ginger  Barritt

    Ginger Barritt

    Oh, I love it!!!! Simply beautiful!!1

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you very much Ginger – was a highlight to see them in the jungle.

  • Barbara  Brown

    Barbara Brown

    Lovely color and detail. Great shot.

  • Braedene replied

    I was so excited at seeing 4 in the jungle when I was riding through it. They are a beautiful, very large butterfly. Thank you. Liz

  • artist4peace

    artist4peace

    fab fab fab!

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you very much again.

  • Cheri Bouvier

    Cheri Bouvier

    Just stunning!!! Love it…

  • Braedene replied

    Thank you Cheri – so pretty and so big!!

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