Ragged Wings
by Belinda Greb
Title
Ragged Wings
Artist
Belinda Greb
Medium
Photograph - Photographs, Photography
Description
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~Rabindranath Tagore
This butterfly is a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail spotted on a pink flower. It was rather large. What I like about him, was that I was able to see so much of his striped thorax, and that his proboscis is quite clearly seen.
Later that I noticed how ragged his wings were. It made me think about the fragility of these creatures, and how a strong wind might blow them into things, and how that might affect their flight.
I think people are so charmed by butterflies not only because of their beauty, but also because of the transformative life cycles they have, from egg to caterpillar, to chrysalis to butterfly.
Life for a smaller species of butterfly can be a matter of days, about a month, but for the larger species they can live 9 months to a year.
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July 11th, 2013
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