A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
419: Butterfly on yellow flower
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
396: Myscelia Orsis Butterfly
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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
390: Butterfly on a cactus
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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
348: Transparent wings
This butterfly may be a general appearance in the parks in Belo Horizonte, it does not occur in the wild in the immediate vicinity. The Greta Oto is mainly found in tropical rain forests, where the flowers grow from which the butterfly lives. It looks like a fragile insect, but this butterfly is pretty strong. It can carry a multiple of its own weight and can travel about ten kilometers a day. The wings are transparent, and that is unique in the animal world. Some aquatic animals such as jellyfish are transparent, but on land and in the air it is very rare to observe transparent animals. The light is not absorbed by the wings and is also not reflected. Thanks to a not fully understood microstructure, light is bent in such a way that our eyes recognize it as transparent. In this way, this butterfly can protect itself against its predators.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
333: Butterfly and blue flowers
I found this butterfly in the butterfly garden of Parque Municipal in Belo Horizonte. Using Google, it was fairly easy to find out that this butterfly is called a maria-boba (‘Crazy Mary’). The scientific name is Heliconius ethilla narcaea, described by Godart in Rio de Janeiro in 1819. This butterfly species is quite common, from Panama to the extreme south of Brazil. It flies quite slowly, but it doesn’t need to be really afraid of hunters: they are poisonous for their predators. You will find this flutter mainly in the passionflower bushes, but other colorful (mainly red) flowers also attract its attention, including the blue flowers in the photo.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2014.
Part 6:
Porto Alegre (RS) – Butterfly, hibiscus, and barbed wire
Porto Alegre (RS) – Factory chimney at sunset
Porto Alegre (RS) – Decorative lamp
Porto Alegre (RS) – Butterfly, hibiscus, and barbed wire
Porto Alegre (RS) – Factory chimney at sunset
Porto Alegre (RS) – Decorative lamp
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2014, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
321: Caterpillar on a tree branch
It is no secret that Brazil knows a very wide diversity of plant and animal species. Not only in the immense Amazon, but there are very different ecosystems throughout the country, each with its own assortment of flora and fauna. The state of Minas Gerais also has very different systems thanks to dry grasslands, high mountains, fertile river valleys, and vast forests. It is therefore easy to imagine that you encounter numerous insects, including moths and butterflies. It’s almost like magic, the transformation of a sometimes ugly caterpillar in a beautiful butterfly. This big caterpillar is a real glutton, and it’s hard to imagine that a colorful butterfly will fly around soon.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2014.
Part 1:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Butterfly and its shadow
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Giant succulent
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Bus stop roof
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Butterfly and its shadow
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Giant succulent
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Bus stop roof
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2014, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2011.
Part 17:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Praça da Liberdade
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Butterfly
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Praça da Liberdade
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Praça da Liberdade
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Butterfly
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Praça da Liberdade
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2011.
Part 16:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Heliconia rostrata flower
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Butterfly and blue flowers
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Butterfly
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Heliconia rostrata flower
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Butterfly and blue flowers
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Butterfly
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2009.
Part 30:
Maceió (AL) – Lizard on a cactus
Goiânia (GO) – Butterfly
Goiânia (GO) – Butterfly
Goiânia (GO) – Pink flower
Maceio (AL) – Lizard on a cactus
Goiânia (GO) – Butterfly
Goiânia (GO) – Butterfly
Goiânia (GO) – Pink flower
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2009, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
155. Butterflies
JULY 2008: Butterflies
Colorful butterflies are common in Brazil, they also may be found in urban parks and gardens. Various Brazilian zoos and parks host interesting butterfly gardens. The zoo in Belo Horizonte had such a butterfly resort. Long queues of visitors – including many children and teenagers – were waiting patiently for more than one hour for their encounter with the colorful flying creatures. The large space, surrounded by a black, fine-maze net, was full of large and smaller butterflies. In July 2008, I spent some time together with the butterflies and made several pictures of them. It was hard to obtain clear pictures of the fast moving butterflies. But a small plate with a banana served as my ideal location for picturing some butterflies. They were attracted by the sweet scent of the banana and took their time for their meal, while they spread their beautiful wings. The butterfly species on the picture have a pattern on the wings that resemble big eyes. The curved, mouth-like shape of the banana completes this composition, as if it were a funny face.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2008, 2015
Daring butterfly. In MINAS GERAIS
No one dares to touch the spines of a treacherous cactus. You know very well that it might hurt badly when the skin is pierced by such a spine. Also animals – with some exceptions – prefer to avoid cactus. However… the butterfly in the picture managed to land on a cactus, in order to take some rest. Landing between the spines must be very dangerous, since spines may easily pierce the delicate wings.
The original picture was taken in September 2012
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