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Glasswing – Greta Oto
Wings of Wonder – Calendar
Featured in Calendar Shop on April 12/2011
The Glasswing (Greta oto) is a brush-footed butterfly, and is a member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, subtribe Godyridina. Its wings are translucent, with a wingspan of 2.2 to 2.4 in (5.6 to 6.1 cm). Its most common English name is glasswing, 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 coloured 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.
Source: Wikipedia
My greatest passion in photography is to capture the wonderful Butterfly. I hope you will enjoy my photos of Butterflies as much I do to watch them and to catch their beauty with my photographs. My camera is a Canon EOS 350D with a Canon Close-Up lens 250D. Thank you so much for your visit, the kind comments, the great support and the Love for Butterflies!
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Comments
wow this is so cripy lovely!!
Lovely capture and the red flowers are Red Passion flowers from the Exora family
Beautiful closeup as usual my friend..Tom
Excellent!!! So very beautiful-it is a dream of mine to actually get to see one of these live!! Through your photography I feel as though it’s a dream coming true! XXSUEXX
wow, wonderful shot
Thank you All so much for the kind comments & great support!
Beautiful, these are hard to photograph I found! This is beautiful!
Hello, your work is magnificent. I love Butterflies as well and they are my favorite thing to photograph. I love watching their dance of life as they flutter by. Beautiful image.