The magnificent #GreatOto or #Glasswing #Butterfly flits around #SouthAmerica with mostly transparent wings to protect them from predators. Yet they face #extinction from #deforestation. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/03/08/uncovering-secrets-of-the-glasswing-butterflys-see-through-wings/ via @palmoildetectives

The magnificent #GreatOto or #Glasswing #Butterfly flits around #SouthAmerica with mostly transparent wings to protect them from predators. Yet they face #extinction from #deforestation. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/03/08/uncovering-secrets-of-the-glasswing-butterflys-see-through-wings/ vía
@palmoildetectives

And I finished the painting! (probably)
It looks so much better with the bug part of the butterfly, and the flowers turned a dark purple/blue.
#myart #illustration #butterfly

It's been Monarch Mania around here lately! The most activity I have ever seen in the yard. Of course they're flocking to the meadow blazing stars (Liatris ligulistylis). #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #SaveTheMonarch

After two months on Mastodon, it's about time to present my header photo in a larger form. It's a shot of a painted lady taken in 2019. #butterfly #insects #flower
Disclaimer: No, I'm not a regular patient nature photographer, I'm rather relying on chance.

They are free! Hopefully a long & successful journey lies ahead. #butterfly #science #nature /2

And more butterflies (taken with the big camera, but unfortunately I only had the birding lens, so not great for macro).

#Butterfly #Farfalle #Kuranda #FNQ

We visited the butterfly house in Kuranda before having to head back to the cable car.
Good, large walk-in enclosure easily traversed in the time we had. #FNQ #Kuranda #butterfly #farfalle