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tblue37

(65,457 posts) Sun Jan 23, 2022, 09:30 PM Jan 2022

Amazing: dead leaf butterfly

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Amazing: dead leaf butterfly (Original Post) tblue37 Jan 2022 OP

More: tblue37 Jan 2022 #1

Talk about camouflage wendyb-NC Jan 2022 #2

Sometimes it is the leaf that imitates the butterfly Xipe Totec Jan 2022 #3

Saw one here in Florida last summer. Jon King Jan 2022 #4

My mouth literally fell open when that butterfly closed its wings in the 1st video. ShazzieB Jan 2022 #5

Hard to believe that's two sides of the same coin Bayard Jan 2022 #6

tblue37

(65,457 posts)

1. More:

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jan 23, 2022, 09:35 PM

Jan 2022

wendyb-NC

(3,328 posts)

2. Talk about camouflage

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jan 23, 2022, 09:39 PM

Jan 2022

That's very cool. Amazing creatures.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

3. Sometimes it is the leaf that imitates the butterfly

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jan 23, 2022, 10:28 PM

Jan 2022

Jon King

(1,910 posts)

4. Saw one here in Florida last summer.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jan 23, 2022, 10:51 PM

Jan 2022

Amazing how it would land on a tree with dead leaves and completely disappear.

ShazzieB

(16,451 posts)

5. My mouth literally fell open when that butterfly closed its wings in the 1st video.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Jan 23, 2022, 11:11 PM

Jan 2022

Stayed open for a while, too!

I never heard of these critters before, but they are astounding.

Bayard

(22,117 posts)

6. Hard to believe that's two sides of the same coin

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:25 AM

Jan 2022

Gorgeous inside.

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