Cabbage White butterflies (Pieris rapae) may look very ordinary at first glance, but when you look more closely, you find that they have amazingly beautiful, green speckled eyes.
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So true. I have often been amazed at what I saw when I got in close. That eye is remarkable.
Details–it’s so often about the details.
Indeed they do, I takes awhile to pin one down to get a shot though, they are somewhat jittery 🙂 always worth the effort
“Somewhat jittery” is an understatement. They drive me a little crazy chasing after them, hoping they will eventually choose to land on something photogenic.
I was just getting some shots of this one yesterday but hadn’t noticed the eyes. Thanks for pointing them out, Mike.
I am glad to see that I am not the only one taking photos of these little guys. A lot of folks think they are some kind of moths, but they have a lot of wonderful details if you can get in close (which is a real challenge most of the time).
[…] from blossom to blossom. Mike Powell showed an excellent close up of this butterfly recently on his blog that revealed its green speckled eyes. They were quite beautiful-and […]
Thanks for the mention. That was a beautiful shot of a Cabbage White too.
It’s probably a good thing you took us on this tour before the additional rain. The photo of the mushroom was extremely interesting.