Confrontation

A soldier beetle desperately tries to defend its territory from a far larger comma butterfly that wants the nectar from a bramble flower. The butterfly won, knocking the beetle clean off the flower head !

Liked by Grodgeman hocusfocus

Uploaded04/07/2017 - 01:40

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K-3 II

Shutter Speed1/200

Aperturef/7.1

LensN/A

ISO100

Focal Length220mm

Unique Views / Likes17/2

Tagsbeetle butterfly comma soldier bramble

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Date Taken	03/07/2017 - 13:07
Make	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Model	PENTAX K-3 II
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/200
Aperture	f/7.1
ISO	100
Focal Length	220mm
Lens	N/A

Plus Member hocusfocus hocusfocus

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All the best,
hocusfocus

Posted 04/07/2017 - 03:54 Link

Terrific action shot, even if we didn't get to see the decisive blow. Really good IQ. Like.

davidwozhere davidwozhere

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Slap in the middle of England

Posted 04/07/2017 - 23:19 Link

I forgot to mention the reason it's called "Comma". Look under the butterfly's wing. There is a comma shaped mark that looks quite foreign to its location. They all have this.

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