Friday, June 29, 2007

Natural Wonder

This Greta oto is a perfect example of natures pure sense of beauty and style.
A butterfly with transparent glass-like wings that are as delicate as finely blown glass, the presence of this rare tropical gem is used by rain forest ecologists as an indication of high habitat quality and its demise alerts them of ecological change. Rivaling the refined beauty of a stained glass window, the translucent wings of the Glasswing butterfly shimmer in the sunlight like polished panes of orange, green, and red.

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