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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly In Mimosa Tree (i)

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly In Mimosa Tree (i)

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Not selected for Google Earth after a second review [?] - ID: 12729683

When a Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) folds its wings, a curved row of bright orange dots underneath its wings can be seen. They fly from April until early Fall and are abundant in the North Carolina mountains.

Silktree Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) is commonly known as Mimosa here in North Carolina. This naturalized small ornamental tree originated from China. It is common along roadsides and other edge habitats. The silky, pink powderpuff flowers are very distinctive.

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@na travizi, on April 4, 2009, said:

Beautiful photo! Excelent composition and wonderful colors. Golden star and greetings from Croatia, @na travizi

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jgevans, on April 5, 2009, said:

@na travizi, thank you very much! I'm so pleased you enjoy it!

Jean

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goodytwoshoes, on November 21, 2009, said:

Jean Fantastic photo. The colors so beautiful.

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Tomas K☼h☼ut, on June 1, 2010, said:

WOW, Jean, this is fantastic detail and catch! No wonder that it is high on popularity chart...

Cheers, Tom

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jgevans, on June 3, 2010, said:

goodytwoshoes, thank you! I'm so glad you enjoy it.

Tom, that is a very nice compliment and I do appreciate it. Mostly, it was pure luck. The tree was swaying, as I recall. Pure luck!

Jean

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Tomas K☼h☼ut, on June 3, 2010, said:

Good luck is usual reward for patient and/or addicted photographer, Jean :)

Same here with photo of perfectly lighted fern - light was here for about five seconds - but I was fortunately ready!

Cheers, Tom

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jgevans, on June 4, 2010, said:

Tom, Thank you! You are right about luck and patience. Luck is a joyous thing to encounter like this. Your fern photo is just grand, thank you for pointing to it!

Jean

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Dmitriy Valtonen, on June 27, 2010, said:

wonderful macro! looks very beautiful and attractive! well done! YS and best wishes from Russia!

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aneta venkova, on August 20, 2010, said:

И в Америка мимозата е красива!

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Darko.Onosimoski, on September 1, 2010, said:

WOOOW !

BEAUTIFUL

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vterezia, on November 29, 2010, said:

wonderful!! ~~~~~~~LIKE 6, greetings vterezia

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Murat Kurtel, on December 11, 2010, said:

I watched with admiration for a beautiful butterfly

If you want to see my butterfly photos

Best wishes Murat

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jgevans, on December 11, 2010, said:

Thank you, everyone! I appreciate all these fine compliments.

Murat, your collection is fantastic. Thank you for pointing to it for me. I really enjoyed seeing them. Google translated the page for me too so I could read the words. It was a great visit! The butterflies are a different than the ones flying around my house in the summer. Thanks again!

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Oompie, on November 7, 2011, said:

Great Shot!! Pity it has not been selected! We miss out on too many of these type of photos!

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jgevans, on November 7, 2011, said:

Thank you, Oompie. Yes, I wish I could see the details of flora and fauna on GE! At least we have the great Panoramio!

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