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Post by JennyWrenn on Nov 8, 2006 18:26:38 GMT
FA advises I should have posted this Thread here but it is also on the General Board The Glasswing Butterfly Lives in South America. A butterfly with transparent wings is rare and beautiful. As delicate as finely blown glass, the presence of this rare tropical gem is used by rain forest ecologists as an indication of high habitat quality and its demise alerts them of ecological change. Rivaling the refined beauty of a stained glass window, the translucent wings of the Glasswing Butterfly shimmer in the sunlight like polished panes of turquoise, orange, green, and red.  |
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Post by Plocket on Nov 8, 2006 18:41:03 GMT
Oh wow! They are absolutely stunning. They look so delicate - even more so than the butterflies we are familar with. Have you seen them in real life Jenny?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2006 18:55:40 GMT
Jenny  I didn't say "should", I said that I'd probably have posted the pictures here (I just naturally identify "pictures" and "gallery" together) but it didn't really matter where they went. FA x |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Nov 8, 2006 18:56:10 GMT
No have never been to South America - they were sent to me today by friend who lives in US
jenny x
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Post by Plocket on Nov 8, 2006 18:58:55 GMT
Well they are beautiful Jenny - thank you for sharing them. Px
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Post by isabella on Nov 8, 2006 19:26:58 GMT
Jenny,The Butterflies are absolutely beautiful! Thankyou for letting us see them.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2006 20:52:43 GMT
WOW jennywrenn
Aren't they just so delicate and fragile! Very aptly named. They look like you could hang them up for the sunlight to catch them.
Px
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2006 21:57:53 GMT
Wow - lovely pics JW - thank you - PA
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Post by Juliet on Nov 8, 2006 22:45:11 GMT
And another wow! - they are amazing - really beautiful. Thanks for posting them, JW.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2006 10:40:55 GMT
Fantastic,
Reminds me I must visit tropical world again and take my new camera along.
You could catch a few and add a bit of watercolour to the wings to make them look like stained glass ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2006 18:57:42 GMT
gorgeous |
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