Received an Honor from FCCC 2nd Tri-Annual Digital Division - Orange Julia Butterfly - Butterfly proboscises are slender, tubular feeding structures. Culminating in a sharp, beak-like tip, the proboscis works like a straw through which a butterfly drinks its food. When a butterfly finds food, it first unfurls its mouth parts and then zips them together to form a channel. The proboscis is particularly well adapted for reaching into flowers for nectar and for piercing fruit with its sharp tip. When a butterfly is not feeding, it keeps its proboscis curled between its palpi (which are a pair of organs located on the front of an adult butterfly face).
fotoeffects
on February 24, 2018Awesome macro...incredible detail!
Bruno Suignard
on July 30, 2017great shot!!
Rick Willis
on December 19, 2012Very Nice...
DGL-Imaging
on April 19, 2012Great macro.