They Missed It, Pt. 2 - _TNY_0354 (In Explore 29/11 2024)
On a mid-October (of 2024) visit to the Haga Ocean butterfly house, I spoke a bit to a family also visiting and they mentioned they wanted to get a photo of one of the blue morphos resting with its wings open instead of with them closed (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52399646306/) and my reply was that it happens, but most of the time they fold them up about five or ten seconds after landing.
Well, we said goodbye and they went into the aquarium section while I stayed with the butterflies and after getting a couple of shots of another butterfly, I found this one resting on the floor - completely still and with those shimmering wings wide open!
First I took a couple of shots (including this one) and then I went into the aquarium section to see if I could find them and show them this blue one, but unfortunately, they had already left.
Anyways, this species is the peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides) - the most common species of morpho they keep there - but it sure is an amazing blue colour and if you zoom in, you can see the individual blue scales which look really cool.
Part 1 (closer) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54076721660/
They Missed It, Pt. 2 - _TNY_0354 (In Explore 29/11 2024)
On a mid-October (of 2024) visit to the Haga Ocean butterfly house, I spoke a bit to a family also visiting and they mentioned they wanted to get a photo of one of the blue morphos resting with its wings open instead of with them closed (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52399646306/) and my reply was that it happens, but most of the time they fold them up about five or ten seconds after landing.
Well, we said goodbye and they went into the aquarium section while I stayed with the butterflies and after getting a couple of shots of another butterfly, I found this one resting on the floor - completely still and with those shimmering wings wide open!
First I took a couple of shots (including this one) and then I went into the aquarium section to see if I could find them and show them this blue one, but unfortunately, they had already left.
Anyways, this species is the peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides) - the most common species of morpho they keep there - but it sure is an amazing blue colour and if you zoom in, you can see the individual blue scales which look really cool.
Part 1 (closer) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54076721660/