Rice Paper - _TNY_1939
The large tree nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a fairly large butterfly which hatch from a very small chrysalis - and a very pretty yellow one with rows of tiny black spots.
Like many butterflies, it has more than one English name and in some parts it is known as the "rice paper butterfly".
This particular one was one of the really quite few I saw on one mid-March visit. A freak snowstorm screwed up the weekly delivery of butterflies so they were still on the ones from the week before.
Rice Paper - _TNY_1939
The large tree nymph (Idea leuconoe) is a fairly large butterfly which hatch from a very small chrysalis - and a very pretty yellow one with rows of tiny black spots.
Like many butterflies, it has more than one English name and in some parts it is known as the "rice paper butterfly".
This particular one was one of the really quite few I saw on one mid-March visit. A freak snowstorm screwed up the weekly delivery of butterflies so they were still on the ones from the week before.