Wednesday, January 13, 2021

glass wings

 The glassing  butterfly greta oto  of central  America has translucent  wings that appear to make of glass The  tissue  between the veins of its wings locks the colored scales present in other  butterflies resulting in its unique appearance and spans Spanish name espejitos meaning little mirrors although fragile looking the wings are just as strong as those  of other butterflies and if it were not for the wing dark orange borders the glassing  would  be virtually invisible the human eye. from called book ripley believe it or not.










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