Tiger Longwing
by Juergen Roth
Title
Tiger Longwing
Artist
Juergen Roth
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Ventral view of a Hecale butterfly on a pink flower. Macro photography art photographed from the beautiful and inspiring Magic Wings butterfly conservatory and gardens in South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
The Hecale butterfly is also known as the Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale) or Golden Helicon is a Heliconiid butterfly. The butterfly occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon in Central America.
"Butterflies are self propelled flowers." ~ R.H. Heinlein
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." ~ Albert Einstein
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March 24th, 2013
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