I didn't know either. Check out the link and find out!
What are butterfly wings made of?
I knew this, but the magnified pictures are very telling.
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eBird -- India international centre -- 26 Jan 2025
India international centre 26 Jan 2025 5:48 PM Incidental All birds reported? No Comments: Morning was sunny and bright. Submitted fro...
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October 1995 Oh for the good old days! The Taregna eclipse was not a patch on the fun we had during the 1995 October eclipse. It was Doorda...
Also interesting is the dewlap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewlap). Nice blog
ReplyDeleteThanks! Learnt something new today. Make that two new things.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ambika! something new to learn. But my daughter is so phobic to moths and butterflies, her scream usuall rents our colony whenever she sees even a pea-sized one. I showed here the enlargement of the proboscis and when she realised what it really is, she screamed and ran away.... However I enjoyed the post !
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"Rends" not "rents".. :D
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Thanks for the links.
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