Brimstone

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:56 pm

Gonepteryx rhamni - female.

Camera model Olympus u720SW,
Date/time 12.06.2006/11:42:43
Exposure time 1/640 s
F-number f/5.6
ISO 64
Focal length 9.13 mm

Camera model Olympus u720SW,
Date/time 12.06.2006/11:47:26
Exposure time 1/640 s
F-number f/5
ISO 64
Focal length 9.13 mm

Moebius · Post by **Moebius** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:54 pm

Wow, that first one is a beauty. Very lovely.

Ken

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:07 pm

Very beautiful Nikola...did you get a shot of the spider in the second picture??? "Brimstone"??? We have some butterflies called Sulfurs here in the USA and I thought your Brimstone would mean the same thing but there is a Brimstone Butterfly in the same Subfamily as the Sulfurs called a Yellow Brimstone. Thanks for making me do some research Nikola.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6564/bgimage

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:20 pm

Thanks guys!

Gonepteryx rhamni is living up to thirteen months (!), found n Europe, Asia, and north Africa. Females are much brighter, males yellow-green.
Yep, spider is Synaema globosum.