Mating Chestnut Bobs

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Photographed these chestnut bobs Lambrix salsala mating at Lonavla, Maharashtra. (Please correct the ID if I am wrong...)

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/250
Av (Aperture Value) 5.6
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 100
Flash On (Fill)
Flash Exposure Compensation -2
Cropped and sharpened.

There is a strange red thing on the wing of the butterfly on the left... wondering whether it is a parasite of some sort

Thank, C&C welcome.

[Vikram Gupchup]

Wonderful image Abhishek. The red Thing does look like a mite. Have seen mites on grass hoppers and other insects , never on butterflies...

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Abhishek,
This is a nice record. Did the mite remain on the butterfly for long? The image would look better without the red portion on the top right. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Thanks,
Vikram : Same here, seeing a mite on a butterfly for the 1st time.

Sabyasachi : These butterflies are quite small, so I didn't notice the mite while photographing. Saw it only after getting home, reviewing and cropping the image. So I don't know how long it remained on the butterfly. Agree about excluding the BG flowers on the top right.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice behaviour captured. It is good you got them in the open without any distractions in the FG. The diagonal composition is nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Bibhav Behera]

The composition is nice. I like the details in the eye. Thanks for sharing.