http://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/tags/ruddydaggerwing/ Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:06:33 -0700 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:06:33 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8130/buddyicons/50152666@N02.jpg?1369384308#50152666@N02 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/tags/ruddydaggerwing/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/7040389167/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pondapple/">bob in swamp</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/7040389167/" title="Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7131/7040389167_89057b4879_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)" /></a></p> <p>Ruddy member of the Nymphalidae nectaring on buttonbush in a local cypress swamp. The young feed on the leaves of nearby strangler fig trees. I chose this rather odd angle to show the markings on the wings and abdomen. Cypress boardwalk at Frenchman's Forest Natural Area, Palm Beach County. <br /> Here is a 2 minute video of these magical creatures taken hand-held hanging over the boardwalk:<br /> <a href="http://vimeo.com/39618084" rel="nofollow">vimeo.com/39618084</a></p> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:06:33 -0700 2012-03-30T10:20:58-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (bob in swamp) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7040389167 Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus) <p>Ruddy member of the Nymphalidae nectaring on buttonbush in a local cypress swamp. The young feed on the leaves of nearby strangler fig trees. I chose this rather odd angle to show the markings on the wings and abdomen. Cypress boardwalk at Frenchman's Forest Natural Area, Palm Beach County. <br /> Here is a 2 minute video of these magical creatures taken hand-held hanging over the boardwalk:<br /> <a href="http://vimeo.com/39618084" rel="nofollow">vimeo.com/39618084</a></p> bob in swamp butterfly nikon coolpix palmbeachcounty nymphalidae buttonbush cypressswamp ruddydaggerwing marpesiapetreus marpesia floridabutterflies taxonomy:family=nymphalidae frenchmansforest taxonomy:binomial=marpesiapetreus tailedflambeau http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en