Common Name: Monarch Butterfly

perhaps due to the tetrahedral (diamond-like) structural arrangement of the scales or diffraction from overlying cell layers

Species Name: Antheraea frithi

when the leaf insect walks

Despite their often fearsome appearance

Green Damselflies in a frame real_snake Common Name: Monarch ButterflyA beautiful pair of Damselflies with iridescent green colored wings. Interesting fact about damselflies is that there were here long before many other species, more than 300 million years ago! In the past some of them were as big as a hawk. They are also excellent predators and prey on mosquitoes. What not to love about them? Many damselflies have elaborate courtship behaviors. These are designed to show off the male's distinctive characteristics,