Lacewing Butterfly
by Karen Adams
Title
Lacewing Butterfly
Artist
Karen Adams
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Prints - Photography
Description
Imagine living in a place where these beautiful butterflies are commonplace! I love the beauties that fly around my garden in Ohio, but I have to go to our Franklin Park Conservatory to see one as stunning as this! Every year, they release exotic butterflies in the greenhouse of the Conservatory. You enter a guarded room of wonder! As you wander through this paradise of plants and water, butterflies soar over head, or glide right in front of you, sometime they even land on a shoulder or someone's back. Before you leave, you have to be checked that no butterfly might be tagging along with you trying to escape!
This Red Lacewing butterfly is found on the Philippine islands which are home to many lovely species. They are brightly colored, but that serves as a warning to their predators that they taste bad, due to the poisonous host plants of the Lacewing caterpillar! This species is found in India, Nepal, China and Indonesia. The striking coloration and complex patterning on the wings is such a magical natural work of art that just floats by you in the breeze!
This won third place in the Creature Feature contest November 2015.
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April 12th, 2013
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Comments (133)
Debbie Portwood 19 Days Ago
Beautiful capture Karen! It's almost butterfly time again! Thanks for all your kind comments! F*L
Sharon W
A stunner!! Your butterfly captures are so amazing! This Lacewing is very beautiful, have never seen one!
Karen Adams
Thank you so much to the shopper in Columbus, Ohio for using this as a mask to keep you and others safe! I think this really makes for a cool looking mask!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p