The photo doesn’t do justice to the fascinating iridescent blue color of these butterflies.
Nor does it do justice to how that color is produced. The butterfly is actually not blue.
Tags: blue morpho butterfly, butterfly, butterfly house, costa rica, nature, photography, photos
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03/19/2016 at 23:05 |
Nice photo! I got to see these when I visited Costa Rica, and they were such a delight to see fluttering about.
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03/20/2016 at 09:29 |
Thanks. They never seem to stop moving. These were in a butterfly house here.
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03/21/2016 at 13:18
I also saw the blue morphos in a butterfly house in Costa Rica, but also flitting about in the “wild”. I got a great shot of one of these beauties in the butterfly house. He held absolutely still. (He was also absolutely dead.)
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03/21/2016 at 16:10
He might have been a zombie? Good thing you got out of there!
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03/19/2016 at 17:33 |
Oh, that’s so cool. I had no idea that was how the blue colour was produced. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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03/19/2016 at 19:18 |
It is pretty cool. Wikipedia has a deeper explanation of how it’s done, just a bit over my head however.
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03/19/2016 at 00:52 |
Thanks for the link to how the butterflies are pigmented – this is something new I learn today. Stunning photo!
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03/19/2016 at 06:15 |
Thanks – they are a stunning butterfly.
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03/18/2016 at 20:43 |
Nice photo. Looks like something has been nibbling around on him.
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03/18/2016 at 21:11 |
Thanks. Yes, it’s pretty common to see ragged edges on the wings. I don’t know whether that’s normal wear and tear or as you suggest a little bit of nibbling going on.
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