How Sweet It Is 2
by Lydia Holly
Title
How Sweet It Is 2
Artist
Lydia Holly
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Photograph - Photography
Description
This Skipper Butterfly is having a wonderful breakfast of nectar. The Skippers are a family of butterflies, the Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight.
They are a bit different from other butterflies, which are classified in the superfamily Papilionoidea. Skippers have their antennae clubs hooked backward like a crochet. The other butterflies have club-like tips to their antennae. Skippers also have generally stockier bodies than the other two groups, with stronger wing muscles. Hesperioidea is very likely the sister group of Papilionoidea.[1]There are about 3400 species of skippers.
If you look closely you will see the tongue, called the proboscis, inserted into the flower to draw out the nectar This is fascinating given the small size of this creature, and the length of the tongue. Some would mistake certain skippers for moths, but they are technically classified as butterflies.
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March 8th, 2015
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Jerry Cowart
Love it. l/v/f Jerry
Lydia Holly replied:
Thanks so much for your comment Jerry and for choosing this piece as a favorite/like!
Mojgan Jafari
Wonderful close up and capture! l/f
Lydia Holly replied:
Thank you Mojgan for you encouraging comment and for choosing this piece as a favorite/like!