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Small hairstreak butterfly
With a false "head" used as a decoy against predators
Spotted for National Moth Week 2014. About 10 mm in length.
At first, I really thought its head was on the other side.
-shaped cap with blackish-brown gills and white stalk. Also known as P. ...
Adult bee flies nectar on flowers. The larvae are parasitoids of ground-nesting ...
Adult bee flies nectar on flowers. The larvae are parasitoids of ground-nesting ...
The pattern serves to divert the eye of birds away from the butterfly's head ...
The body shape is roughly triangular and triangles abound on it in other ways ...
been recorded also as occurring in the Philippines, as well as spp. M. ...
The pattern serves to divert the eye of birds away from the butterfly's head ...
A pale olive green moth with speckled wings and a small blurred roange patch on ...
