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'The Blue Morpho refers to several ...
Spotted in the Osher Rainforest at the California Academy of Sciences.
egg to death, is approximately 115 days.
The Peleides Blue
spotting with wings closed: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13386095
spotting with wings open: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13236079
Discovery Gardens, Fair Park, Dallas, TX http://texasdiscoverygardens.org/
3 1/2" wingspan butterfly.
The brilliant blue color in the butterfly's wings is caused by the diffraction ...
light from millions of tiny scales on its wings.
The Peleides Blue
Not in the wild, these are found in rain forests of central and South America. ...
This is the caterpilar of the Morpho cypris ...
This "Morpho helenor" cross my way when I ...
Two main morphological groups are commonly ...
rapidly. The wingspan of the Blue Morpho ...
peleides is a subspecies of Morpho ...
As its common name implies, the blue
Approximately 4 in (10cm) wingspan. Wings are bright iridescent blue when ...
Picture taken at the Butterfly Gardens Aumühle/Friedrichsruh
I have seen some photos of this black butterfly with bright blue stripes but i ...
These Huge beautiful electric blue (photo 5) butterflies look almost like birds ...
Large jungle butterfly commonly found in ...
investigation, two main morphological groups are
"Blue morphos" are severely threatened by ...
Seen (only just) on one of the rainforest trails around Asa Wright's he ...
Large, brown and yellow butterfly about the same size as the
Found this one along the trail near Napo on a night hike. Approximately 3 cm ...
(commonly Trebouxia) or cyanobacterium ...
Cladonia fimbriata has relatively tall trumpet-shaped podium-like structures or ...
). Coarse squamules cover podetia. Apothecia form on the rim of the tip of the ...
). Coarse squamules cover podetia. Apothecia form on the rim of the tip of the ...
and C. montana share many common floral ...