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Cracker Butterfly

Description:

Never seen a deformed Butterfly before, it was happily flying and feeding but it could not lay flat like most Crackers and the right side of the wings were totally deformed.. : (

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4 Comments

Thank you, Juan Manuel.

Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel 10 years ago

Nice series!

That is an interesting look at it, Joshua Asel.
I thought that perhaps something happened when it was in the chrysalis!?

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 10 years ago

Poor guy. It looks like maybe he fell off of wherever it was perched while he was trying to dry its wings after metamorphosis.

Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 9, 2013
Submitted on Oct 18, 2013

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