Peter, if you look at the pic Bob posted of the butterfly that looks like mine, it is not a Monarch, but a cousin, the Queen Butterfly. I believe the simple answer to the "problem" is that the butterfly I shot is in fact a Queen Butterfly. I will ask the folks tomorrow at the nursery as they are pretty knowledgable on the subject.
Thanks all for the input and comments. It's been fun. Walt On 6/25/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Damnifiknow. The link you posted wants money, and I refuse to pay to > read. I've never heard of temperature differences causing wing color > differences. Monarchs live in every temperate climate and overwinter > in Mexico, none of the photographs I've seen from their winter quarters > have ever shown a particularly large color variation. On the other hand > the difference between the colors I saw in Walters photo and mine were > reminiscent of the difference I observed when I converted to jpeg on a > few images without first converting to the correct color space. > > AlunFoto wrote: > > Peter, Walt, Bob, > > > > Is there natural variation in Monarch wing color? > > I did a quick google search and came across a scientific study of > > monarchs reared at different temperatures in a lab. The article is > > mostly concerned with larva colour, but also mentions that adult > > females from populations grown in warmer conditions become darker than > > usual. > > > > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T94-4GJM3Y5-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a63c95bf46d5dc941776d1da7d26b91b > > > > Now since Walt lives in Florida... :-) > > > > Jostein > > > > 2008/6/25 Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> Walt and Peter, > >> I don't think there's a lot wrong with the color, > >> especially since flash was used. > >> Here's one without flash, taken on Fujichrome and scanned to a Kodak CD. > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7452144&size=lg > >> Regards, Bob S. > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Christine Aguila > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Walt: Very nice, but perhaps a little bit of a crop on the right? > >>> Great > >>> catch nonetheless! Cheers, Christine > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Walter Hamler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:08 PM > >>> Subject: PESO-Butterfly Encounter > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Local Nursery has a Butterfly House. Great opportunity for pics but I > >>>> have learned bigtime that macro is hard!!! > >>>> > >>>> Walt > >>>> > >>>> http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J/3/319375517_VQr2A#319375517_VQr2A-XL-LB > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> PDML@pdml.net > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >>>> follow the directions. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> PDML@pdml.net > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >>> follow the directions. > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
