Through the Looking Glass. Greta oto, Glasswing Butterfly, on Light-Blue Snakeweed, Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It's always a delight to see Glasswing Butterflies. Here's one nectar-feeding on Light-Blue Snakeweed and letting in the blue sky outdoors through it's transparent wings. The Butterfly House here at the Hortus has been rather 'empty' the last week or so, but today there were suddenly lots of Longwings and also Glasswings. They'll live a week perhaps, and then there'll be another generation.
Through the Looking Glass. Greta oto, Glasswing Butterfly, on Light-Blue Snakeweed, Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It's always a delight to see Glasswing Butterflies. Here's one nectar-feeding on Light-Blue Snakeweed and letting in the blue sky outdoors through it's transparent wings. The Butterfly House here at the Hortus has been rather 'empty' the last week or so, but today there were suddenly lots of Longwings and also Glasswings. They'll live a week perhaps, and then there'll be another generation.