Red Valerian and Butterfly

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:38 am

... and bunch of little bugs.

Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber) is eatable. The leaves can be used fresh in salads, the roots boiled in soups.

Camera model Olympus SP-320
Date/time 21.06.2006/09:02:57
Exposure time 1/800 s
F-number f/3.5
ISO 64
Focal length 8 mm

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:26 am

I bet you could eat the flowers also..looks like there is a lot of protein in the flowers also. Very nice picture Nikola

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:02 pm

At least it is good for the butterfly. By the way, did not mention butterfly's name. Gonepteryx rhamni, female.

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:55 am

Lovely picture. Maybe the light is a bit too strong on parts of the butterfly though.

Nice to see you have this butterfly down south, it's very common where I live.

cheers
Erland

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:07 pm

There is lots of red valerian round here, everyone has it in their gardens!
Nice shot!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:18 am

Erland R.N. wrote:Lovely picture. Maybe the light is a bit too strong on parts of the butterfly though.

Nice to see you have this butterfly down south, it's very common where I live.

cheers
Erland

Agree. Maybe a lttle post processing could fix it. By the way Gonepteryx rhamni is a very bright species, esspecialy females.
It is very common here too, as well as in the continental as in the coastal parts of the country.