My Happy Garden
by Nava Thompson
Title
My Happy Garden
Artist
Nava Thompson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A photo made by Nava Thompson of a yellow Swallowtail Butterfly on pink Azaleas in NW Arkansas in the spring. ....Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, which includes over 550 species......Though the majority are tropical, members of the family occur on every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera.......Swallowtails have a number of characteristic features; for example, on the prothorax a Papilionid caterpillar bears a repugnatorial organ called the osmeterium. The osmeterium normally is hidden, but when threatened, the larva everts it through a transverse dorsal groove[3] by inflating it with blood. It is a fleshy, forked structure and emits smelly secretions containing terpenes, which the larva typically tries to smear onto any attacker touching it.........The adults of some species have conspicuous posteriad prolongations of the hind wings in the region of the M3 vein. The forked appearance of these features as seen in the butterfly when resting with its wings spread, gave rise to the common name swallowtail. As for the formal name, Linnaeus chose Papilio for the type genus, Papilio being the Latin for a butterfly. For the specific epithets of the genus, Linnaeus applied the names of Greek heroes to the swallowtails
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January 14th, 2013
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Comments (25)
Brooks Garten Hauschild
Beautiful in so many ways, Nava! Amazing colors, detail & lighting. 'Happy garden' is right! F/v.
Marilyn Smith
I love your "Happy Garden" and the gorgeous macro shot of the swallowtail butterfly. v/f
Nava Jo Thompson
Robert --- thank you! Appreciate the feature of 'My Happy Garden' in Nature Photography!
Kathy White
You couldn't have put better pieces on for me, personally, to enjoy! I love, love butterflies!! This is awesome!! Fave, vote
Nava Thompson replied:
Kathy--it is nice to visit some of the spring/summer photos during the winter. It takes me to the moment. Thank you for your comments and f/v!
Randy Rosenberger
Hope you put this in our recent contest, sponsored by our group, Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery, Butterlies and Flowers, as it is just beautiful!
Randy Rosenberger
Thanks to your, Nava Jo, for making my day with with submission of true beauty and one of my most awesome faves of your shots! I just love the awesome floral display and with the "flying flower", it makes it a masterpiece of natural beauty! Love it! fave and vote
Nava Thompson replied:
Thank you very much Randy--I really appreciate your encouragement on this piece. I find that I am looking more at my 'spring' shots--here in January! Thank you for your fave and vote!
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