Peacock Butterfly Aglais io feeding on Goat Willow catkins Salix caprea, an important food source for pollinators in early spring. In addition to camouflage and large false eyes, this butterfly is able to make a hissing sound by rubbing its wings together that is audible to human ears, an effective deterrent from predators.
Alex Hyde is one of Britain’s leading exponents of close-up nature photography. His award-winning images portray a hidden world of extraordinary beauty. “To this day I delight in revealing tiny details of subjects that would be missed by the naked eye. Many of my pictures involve photographing moving subjects smaller than a grain of rice. Nature provides me with an endless array of fascinating subjects.”
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