Proboscis
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This is a ruby red lacewing butterfly, and the way it had it’s proboscis inserted into the flower made me think of that moment when we first get a nice thick milkshake, and we are sucking hard on the straw, fighting against the frozen delight to extract it’s sweet creaminess!
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A Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, is drinking nectat from a flower. Macro closeup. Butterfly reserve in Goleta California. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR Consider these images as companions / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus at the monarch butterfly reserve in Goleta CA. Butterfly is attached to a small twig on a branch warming up in the sun prior to flight. Macro closeup —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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A Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, is drinking nectat from a daisy. Macro closeup. Goleta California. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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Agraulis Vanillae ; Gulf Fritillary Butterfly , resting on a leaf Featured: Macro untouched Group, September 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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An Orange-Barred Sulphur, Phoebis Philea, is sipping nectar from a flower Identification: Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The female, much larger than the male, has two forms, one off-white and the other yellow-orange. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken black smudges. Early Stages: Females lay eggs singly on leaves and flowers of host plants; caterpillars prefer to feed on the flowers. Caterpillar is yellow-green with black and yellow bands on the sides. It also has white-ringed reddish spots. Habitat: Open lowland sites such as forest edges, city gardens, parks, and road edges. Interesting Facts: Males of this species have a broad orange bar on the forewing, this gives rise to its common name. Range: Lowland tropical America, Brazil, Florida and the keys, rare but seen in Northeast states. Extremely vagrant in Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Interesting Facts: Males of this species have a broad orange bar on the forewing, this gives rise to its common name. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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These are the wonderful proboscis monkey. I love visiting them in Borneo. They have two stomachs which are full of gas in order to digest the poisonous leaves which they eat. The poison from the leaves used to be used in blowpipes. These fantastic animals only live in Borneo. People have tried to keep them in zoos, but they get depressed and won’t eat. This is a young proboscis monkey grooming an alpha male, who had lots of wives (lucky thing). Maybe the reason they have lots of wives is the fact that they have an almost permanently erect penis! It is skinny and red, and the locals call it the red chilli! Apparently it used to be eaten as an aphrodisiac…
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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. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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A Zebra Longwing Butterfly, Heliconius charitonius. The Zebra Longwing is common across the country. They have an exceptional lifespan. Several months is not uncommon as compared to a week or two for most butterflies. Zebras have a range from South America, Central America, Mexico, parts of the lower coastal Southeast and Florida. Not much of a strayer or migrator, Zebras have on rare occasion been spotted in the Midwest. The zebra longwing butterfly caterpillars eat the leaves of passion flowers. The passion flower contains a toxin that gives the zebra longwing an unpleasant taste and makes it poisonous to predators. The butterfly drinks the nectar of a wide range of flowers. When it is disturbed, the zebra longwing butterfly makes a creaking sound by wiggling its body. At night, large groups will roost together on tree limbs. They return to the same roost night after night. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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Gulf Fritillary Butterfly, Agraulis Vanillae is feeding from a blooming flower. / 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. Nikon D70 / 60/2.8 mm macro lens / SB800 flash for fill light —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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This is my favourite monkey – the wonderful proboscis monkey. I always think their fur around their neck looks like a shakespearean ruff! Their noses are huge – they use them to make a loud honk and to communicate their whereabouts to other monkeys. Some noses are so big they have to lift them up in order to get food in their mouths. It looks so funny when they do this! We met him in Sabah, Borneo. They only live there – nowhere else. They have two stomachs filled with gas which digests the poisonous leaves which they eat. These leaves are sometimes used for the tips of blowpipe darts. People have tried to keep these monkeys in zoos, but they get depressed and won’t eat and then die. They cannot tolerate sugar so you would never see these monkeys eating bananas, though I think they would look quite at home with a banana in their hand! They have an almost permanently erect penis – it is thin and red and the locals call it the red chilli! They used to eat it as an aphrodisiac. Their testicals are black and all in all it is quite an amazing sight! They are good at swimming and have webbed back feet. They are not good at playing hide and seek because when they are hiding up trees you can see their very long white tails dangling down like a load of bell pulls! Unfortunately much of their habitat around the mangrove swamps has been cleared to plant palm oil. Such a terrible terrible situation for these amazing cousins of ours.
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This is a family of proboscis monkeys. They live in Borneo and nowhere else on earth. They are highly endangered, mainly because the mangrove swamps in which they live are being turned into palm oil plantations. I photographed these amazing animals at Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary in Sabah. Twice a day plain pancake and cucumber are left out for the monkeys to supplement their diet. After eating they swing back to the mangrove swamps, still retaining their freedom. This group shows the dominant male surrounded by his harem of wives and children. The male’s nose is so big he has to physically lift it out of the way to eat! They have webbed feet and are excellent swimmers. They don’t eat sugar and instead eat poisonous leaves which their two gas-filled stomachs are able to digest.
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What a beautiful family of proboscis monkeys and how lucky I was to see them. They are very endangered and only live in Borneo. They live in the mangrove swamps which is rapidly being destroyed to make way for the planting of palm oil. The dominant male has a harem of wives. The females have smaller noses. The males’ noses get so big they have to lift them up to get food in their mouths! They have two stomachs which are fat and filled with gas which helps them to digest the poisonous leaves on which they feast. They are good swimmers and their back feet are webbed. I love these monkeys so much and can’t wait to go back to Borneo to see them again… Taken with Nikon D50.
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Taken at the Thames Butterfly House on the Coromandel Peninsula. They are quite challenging to photograph as they’re constantly on the move. The butterfly is Heliconius melpomene, also called the postman. There are numerous colour variations in this butterfly so sometimes it can be very confusing. It is a well-known and common butterfly raised by the thousands for live displays. One thing I must mention regarding the photo, which many people will miss: on its curled-up proboscis a layer of pollen can be seen. This group of butterflies is about the only butterfly that can utilise pollen – most butterflies can’t. They collect the pollen on their proboscis, exude some digestive juices onto the pollen and when the pollen is liquified, they suck it up again. In human terms, yuck!
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What a wonderful proboscis monkey and how lucky I was to see them. They are extremely endangered and only live in Borneo. They live in the mangrove swamps which is rapidly being destroyed to make way for the planting of palm oil. This dominant male is glaring at a group of bachelour males, which could potentially pose a threat to his easy life with his group of wives. The dominant male has a harem of wives. The females have smaller noses. The males’ noses get so big they have to lift them up to get food in their mouths! They have two stomachs which are fat and filled with gas which helps them to digest the poisonous leaves on which they feast. They are good swimmers and their back feet are webbed. I love these monkeys so much and can’t wait to go back to Borneo to see them again…
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Taken with a Nikon D70s I was at the local Butterfly Garden the other day. It was a very colourful afternoon!
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Cross Estate Gardens – Bernardsville, NJ – July 2008
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A Zebra Longwing Butterfly, Heliconius charitonius. The Zebra Longwing is common across the country. They have an exceptional lifespan. Several months is not uncommon as compared to a week or two for most butterflies. Zebras have a range from South America, Central America, Mexico, parts of the lower coastal Southeast and Florida. Not much of a strayer or migrator, Zebras have on rare occasion been spotted in the Midwest. The zebra longwing butterfly caterpillars eat the leaves of passion flowers. The passion flower contains a toxin that gives the zebra longwing an unpleasant taste and makes it poisonous to predators. The butterfly drinks the nectar of a wide range of flowers. When it is disturbed, the zebra longwing butterfly makes a creaking sound by wiggling its body. At night, large groups will roost together on tree limbs. They return to the same roost night after night. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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An Orange-Barred Sulphur, Phoebis Philea, is sipping nectar from a flower Identification: Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The female, much larger than the male, has two forms, one off-white and the other yellow-orange. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken black smudges. Early Stages: Females lay eggs singly on leaves and flowers of host plants; caterpillars prefer to feed on the flowers. Caterpillar is yellow-green with black and yellow bands on the sides. It also has white-ringed reddish spots. Habitat: Open lowland sites such as forest edges, city gardens, parks, and road edges. Interesting Facts: Males of this species have a broad orange bar on the forewing, this gives rise to its common name. Range: Lowland tropical America, Brazil, Florida and the keys, rare but seen in Northeast states. Extremely vagrant in Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Connecticut. Interesting Facts: Males of this species have a broad orange bar on the forewing, this gives rise to its common name. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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Amazing macro of a butterfly I shot the other week whilst I was out teaching. This was shot in the Aoyama Cemetery on a beautiful, sunny, Tokyo day.
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A Zebra Longwing Butterfly, Heliconius charitonius. The Zebra Longwing is common across the country. They have an exceptional lifespan. Several months is not uncommon as compared to a week or two for most butterflies. Zebras have a range from South America, Central America, Mexico, parts of the lower coastal Southeast and Florida. Not much of a strayer or migrator, Zebras have on rare occasion been spotted in the Midwest. The zebra longwing butterfly caterpillars eat the leaves of passion flowers. The passion flower contains a toxin that gives the zebra longwing an unpleasant taste and makes it poisonous to predators. The butterfly drinks the nectar of a wide range of flowers. When it is disturbed, the zebra longwing butterfly makes a creaking sound by wiggling its body. At night, large groups will roost together on tree limbs. They return to the same roost night after night. / Shot in Santa Barbara, California. Nikon D70 / nikkor 60mm macro / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR Consider these images as companions / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
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Another view of this Painted Lady Butterfly that visited some of the flowers in my yard several days ago… When you think of butterflies, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the colorful flutter of wings…but there is so much more than initially meets the eye Did you know… ( I didn’t until now) ...that butterflies don’t have mouths that allow them to bite or chew? They, along with most moths have a long straw like structure called a proboscis which they use to drink nectar and juices. When not in use, the proboscis remains coiled like a garden hose. Here you can clearly see this “painted lady’s” proboscis information source: / MilkweedCafe /
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A little Australian Native Stingless Bee (Trigona carbonaria), cleaning her long proboscis (a complex “tongue”), used to suck the nectar from flowers. These little bees are harmless to humans, which is a good thing, as to get this shot, at 5x, I had to put the lens right in her face.. Hehe! Shot in the Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia. Flower is a native wildflower to the sandy areas, not sure of the name unfortunately. Canon 5D Mk II, 65mm, 5x. Available Large, and best appreciated Large!
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