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Glasswing Butterfly

I finally got out with the camera this year, after a couple of months battling with chronic pain. I was incredibly grateful to capture these beauty’s again but this time at the Tropical Butterfly House near Sheffield, in the UK.

 

Captured freehand using a Raynox 250 connector lens whilst holding my breath.

 

This South American tropical butterfly is called a Glasswing Butterfly and although the wings look extremely fragile, they are in fact very strong and are able to carry forty times their own body weight….

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Uploaded on February 18, 2024
Taken on February 16, 2024