Butterflies Taste With Their Feet
by Al Bourassa
Title
Butterflies Taste With Their Feet
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
Butterflies have taste receptors on their feet to help them find their host plants and locate food. A female butterfly lands on different plants, drumming the leaves with her feet until the plant releases its juices. Spines on the back of her legs have chemoreceptors that detect the right match of plant chemicals. When she identifies the right plant, she lays her eggs. A butterfly of any biological sex will also step on its food, using organs that sense dissolved sugars to taste food sources like fermenting fruit.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken Sept 7/21 from a poster in a veterinarian office in Tulua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, South America nestled in the Andes Mountains.
Final processing done with Smart Photo Editor and Photoshop.
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December 24th, 2022
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Comments (13)
Felix Lai
Fantastic work, love this! Happy New Year to you and your family! l/f
Al Bourassa replied:
Happy New Year, THANK YOU for favouring this artwork and for the lovely comment.
Eva Lechner
Cool!
Al Bourassa replied:
Eva, THANK YOU for favouring this artwork and for the lovely comment. Happy New Year.
Cindy Treger
Al, this is LOL cute - great shot. Merry Christmas! f/l
Al Bourassa replied:
Cindy, THANK YOU for favouring this artwork and for the lovely comment. Happy New Year.
Al Bourassa
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery, THANK YOU for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group The Art Workshop.
Al Bourassa
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery, THANK YOU for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group Greatest Of All Time.