Second Yongest Butterfly - _TNY_1917
Yesterday I posted a shot of a silver-studded leafwing (Hypna clytemnestra) trying to get out of its chrysalis at the Haga Ocean butterfly house (here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52744749968/).
Right next to it, hanging from another chrysalis, was its brother or sister - just slightly older and still waiting for its wings to harden anough that it could fly for the first time.
As with the other shot, this is a good one for seeing the two halves of the proboscis not completely fused together yet if you zoom in a bit.
As the name suggests, this genus, the leafwings, rely on their wings looking like dead leaves when closed.
Second Yongest Butterfly - _TNY_1917
Yesterday I posted a shot of a silver-studded leafwing (Hypna clytemnestra) trying to get out of its chrysalis at the Haga Ocean butterfly house (here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52744749968/).
Right next to it, hanging from another chrysalis, was its brother or sister - just slightly older and still waiting for its wings to harden anough that it could fly for the first time.
As with the other shot, this is a good one for seeing the two halves of the proboscis not completely fused together yet if you zoom in a bit.
As the name suggests, this genus, the leafwings, rely on their wings looking like dead leaves when closed.