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Hoard of Blue Morpho/Owl Butterfiles feeding

Morpho helenor peleides

Description:

Medium to large butterflies with brown colored outer wings with many "moth like" "eye patterns," Inner wing color is deep blue.

Habitat:

Clinton conservatory in The Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens.

Notes:

These guys were feeding on over ripe bananas. I thought the shot was different.

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2 Comments

Mick G
Mick G 10 years ago

KristenGilpin, thanks, I knew that. Did it by habit.

KristenGilpin
KristenGilpin 10 years ago

Unfortunately, these are not native to Florida.

Mick G
Spotted by
Mick G

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Spotted on Apr 21, 2013
Submitted on Apr 29, 2013

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