Food, glorious food

in photography •  7 years ago 

On my walk in the forest the other day, I saw this male orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines) getting ready to eat. Its tongue is out, but still rolled up:


Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/320s

And there he goes:


Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/250s

The flower it is sitting on is called cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis), its favourite food source.

The female looks similar, but doesn't have the orange tips:


Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/640s

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Wauw... So pretty... thanks

My pleasure.

Really nice shots. Aamzing these butterflies :-)

Thank you.

You are very welcome :-)

Thanks for sharing!

You're welcome.