What's this? A species of South American butterfly known as Anteros aerosus. Arty and awesome, right?

I love their cute little faces 🥹 and magnificent colors ✨

Photographs by @yaylalperen

Niklaus Stoecklin, Segelfalter, (Swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius)

a duet

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The stage before a beautiful butterfly emerges is the most difficult. Don’t give up.

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Music by Jenifer Hudson

I am changing

So I was discussing with my friend the other day about season 4 of the Dragon Prince. And I said that, considering that Aaravos has spent the last season or so being a caterpillar, and the last thing we saw of him was him being in a cocoon, *obviously* he's going to turn into a beautiful butterfly.

So my friend said: "Butterflies aren't usually considered 'hot'."

Me: Hold my beer.

Butterfly | Red-banded Hairstreak 🦋 #shorts #cute #butterfly #bytesizeambs #cutecritters

Cute little butterfly I saw back in early Fall 2023. It is called a Red-banded Hairstreak. These butterflies are known for their "second head" which is there to deter or confuse predators. Pretty neat!

"The mourning cloak butterflies are distributed broadly around the northern hemisphere. They are commonly found throughout all of North America and northern Eurasia. Three subspecies of mourning cloak butterflies are found throughout North America: northern Nymphalis antiopa hyperborea Seitz, 1913; eastern N. a. lintnerii Fitch, 1857; southwestern N. a. thomsoni Butler, 1887. They can usually be found in hardwood forests, though they have been found in virtually all habitats. They may also be found as far as the northern part of South America, though they are typically not seen as frequently in southern states such as Florida, Louisiana, or Texas. They are occasionally seen in the more temperate places in Asia, and a few have even been seen in Japan. However, the mourning cloaks tend to be found predominantly in cold, mountainous areas.

Migrants arrive in Great Britain most years during summer and autumn, but numbers are usually very low. There is no evidence that the species breeds in Britain; it is thought that mild, wet winters prevent them from surviving there for very long. The 'Butterfly Farmer' L. Hugh Newman raised thousands for release at his 'farm' in Bexley, but none were seen the following spring. Specimens stored in his refrigerator for the winter, however, survived. In a book he said that Camberwell Beauty catches in England were suspiciously concentrated around London, Hull and Harwich, all these being ports in the timber trade with Scandinavia, and theorized that they had hibernated in stacks of timber which was then shipped to England, and had not traveled naturally."

Source: @Nate_moss on Instagram and the Nymphalis antiopa Wikipedia page

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Salvador Dali, The Devil (Tarot), 1984 (Published)

Eileen Agar, Butterfly Bride, 1938

a simple life, I chose this

common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

Chris Colfer - Insta (09/25/2023)

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