Gulf Fritillary, Butterfly
The Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, a striking, bright orange butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Heliconiinae. These were formerly classified in a separate family, the Heliconiidae or longwing butterflies, and like other longwings this species does have long, rather narrow wings in comparison with other butterflies. It is not closely related to the true fritillaries. It is a medium to large butterfly, with a wingspan of from 6 to 9.5 cm. Its underwings are buff, with large silvery spots. It takes its name from the fact that migrating flights of the butterflies are sometimes seen over the Gulf of Mexico.—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—--
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aphoto4you
BEAUTIFUL capture..colours and crisp focus..
Trace Lowe
This is fantastic!
George Lenz
nice clear image… well captured… nice colors
Rebecca Brann
Stunning!
Eyal Nahmias
Bianca, Thank you for the comment.. Well appreciated..
Marvin Collins
Spectacular sharpness and colors.
Eyal Nahmias
Thank you trace i’m glad you like it :-)
Eyal Nahmias
gemlenz, thank you very much for your kind words.
Eyal Nahmias
Marvin & Boo7, Thank you very much your comments and feedback is truly appreciated.
HenkStolk
Wonderful macro shot. Beautiful colors and composition
Daniel J. McCa...
Beautiful capture. Tack sharp, natural colors. Great work.
Eyal Nahmias
Thank you Henk and Daniel. :-))
Globalphotos
Gorgeous butterfly and such a crisp macro !! Beautiful work !
Rebecca Lee
Beautiful! What a great close-up and angle!
Heather Rivet...
oh my this is now my favorite butterfly shot of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael Lane
Awesome shot Eyal! Great macro and really nicely framed
KBSImages
What a Shot!!!! This is AMAZING!!!! Excellent Close up work, Kim
Virginia McGowan
breathtakingly beautiful Eyal
jesika
beautiful and a wonderful start to my freezing fog morning!
jx
Eyal Nahmias
Globalphoto & Rebecca, Thank you!
Heather.. I’m glad I made it possible for you to have your most favorite butterfly.. :-)
Michael, Thanks for the positive feedback and comment.
Kim.. Thank you . I love your enthusiasm…
ginnymac, Much appreciated
Eyal Nahmias
Jesika, I’m glad I could help with some winter relief… :-))
Birgitta
I am fascinated by this photo.
First let me say, I don’t like butterfly/flower macros!
(burned out long ago) But I can’t take my eyes off of this!
(It’s that good.) A big WOW from me!!
Deborah Bowness
Stunning!!
Antanas
Excellent
stephen jones
great image and what focusing. brill
BuddyH
Nice!
mikrin
Wow thats beautiful!!!
Andy Harris
super and beautiful close-up….! Lovely
Delores Knowles
Truly awesome. Besides the splendid images, I do enjoy the explanations you include.
PhotogeniquE IPA
stunning image!
jamiewinter
awesome capture wow
Eyal Nahmias
Wow guys, what a collection of wonderful comments and complements. I truly appreciate each and every one of them. Thank you very much!
Christopher E...
excellent detail on this eyal! wow! exposure, focus, composition are perfect
Eyal Nahmias
Thank you Chris. Much appreciated :-)
VisionaryImagist
Eyal: what a magical piece of photography. the colors are so vivid and the close up is remarkable. well done again my friend.
Antoine Dagobert
your expertise with photography always blows my mind Maestro..such a clarity… Saludos Merry Christmas to you and yours Maestro!
Eyal Nahmias
Joey, thanks a lot, for the compliments and the positive response.
Eyal Nahmias
Antoine, Thank you! please, no need to have so many adjectives referred at me, I will start blushing and mutter like a fool… :-))
lburkey
Beautiful capture my friend, kudos!
Eyal Nahmias
Thank you Leo :-)
bluerabbit
Wonderful shot!
Eyal Nahmias
Thanks bluerabbit, much appreciated.
Robert Boretti
Wow!
Eyal Nahmias replied
Thanks Robert…. :-)