Heart To Heart
by Robyn King
Title
Heart To Heart
Artist
Robyn King
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Heart To Heart is a recent addition to my Butterfly Garden Series.Heart to Heart was captured on a warm summer day at Churchville Nature Center. This beautiful painted lady butterfly was having a delightful journey sipping sweet nectar from the bright flowers.Slowly stopping to visit each one seeming to have a heart to heart chat before moving on to the next gorgeous bloom.
Painted Lady butterflies are medium size, approximately 2 to 2 1/2 inches from wing tip to wing tip. Their larval food plant list is longer than most butterflies. They commonly use some species of thistle as their primary host. They also lay eggs on hollyhock, mallow, and plantain (Plantago species, not the banana plantain).
If the adults were raised on plants, their eggs will be green. If the adults were raised on instant diet, their eggs will be blue.Like the other Vanessa butterflies, Red Admiral, American Lady, West Coast Lady, and more, they hang in a J before pupating.After emerging and pumping their wings full of hemolymph, they will expel meconium. Painted Lady meconium is red and many people assume it is blood and that the butterfly was harmed. Not so; butterfly blood is yellow/green. It is essential that the adult butterflies expel this fluid from their digestive systems before beginning their active adult life, drinking nectar, pairing, and laying eggs.Males court females so successfully that, when raising them indoors, females normally lay hundreds of fertile eggs.
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Comments (37)
Brian Tada
Lovely journey of this beautiful painted lady butterfly documented exquisitely, Robyn! F/L
Robyn King
Thank you Philanthropic Artists For A Cause Who Donate Pixels-FAA Proceeds Or Original Artwork for featuring my artwork your support is truly appreciated :-)
Laurie Search
Just fabulous!!! Love the two different kinds of flowers and all that beautiful color!!! :)))vf
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful close up photo of a butterfly on flowers, with great colors, clarity, perspective and composition, Robyn! F/L
Robyn King
Thank you Dancing The Walls for featuring my artwork your support is truly appreciated :-)
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Thank you Best Image Promotion for featuring my artwork your support is truly appreciated :-)
Robyn King
Thank you Visions Of Spring - Glances Of Summer for featuring my artwork your support is truly appreciated :-)
Robyn King
Thank you Wildlife One A Day for featuring my artwork your support is truly appreciated :-)
Robyn King
Thank you BUGs BUGs and more BUGs for featuring my artwork your support is truly appreciated :-)
Robyn King
Thank you Exploration Photography for featuring my artwork your support is truly appreciated :-)