Wow! Dragontail Butterfly!

Another new discovery for me. Never heard of these beauties before, have you?
Watch how their back wings seem to twirl.

reply to: Night Star
Wow--what gorgeous little creatures! Night Star, you always find the most interesting critters to share with us. Thank you!

a reply to: Pillywiggin

Thank you Sweetie!

Wow beautiful, had to look them up
found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. There are ten subspecies. A specimen from Java is the type species of the genus. Wikipedia

275$ out of stock, lot of work I would think
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a reply to: Night Star

Very beautiful. They remind me of Luna Moths, though much smaller I think.

More found here.

Beautiful. Thank your for posting.

Where did you get this?

The world is not ready to see these!

Too early girl!

These were going to be used as the next planetary emergency.

ALIEN KILLER BUTTERFLIES with invisible poison stingers.

originally posted by: Night Star
Another new discovery for me. Never heard of these beauties before, have you?
Watch how their back wings seem to twirl.

Beautiful 💚
a reply to: Night Star

a reply to: Night Star

Beautiful! and also surreal. Like something from an animated movie or a video game.

Very cool!

When I was over in Malaysia I went to this butterfly park and they had all sorts of beautiful butterflies. They had this one moth which was as big as my hand and it had the most incredible markings of any bug I'd ever seen. Forgot what the name of it was now though.

a reply to: Night Star

Another great discovery! Just beautiful! They are mesmerising, angelic and their flight is so graceful. You could mistakenly think they were swimming underwater!

@FCD - could this be the moth you saw? It is the Atlas moth... Very beautiful, very BIG!

a reply to: SeaWorthy

Having done beadwork myself, yes there is a LOT of work that goes into a project such as that necklace. I bought a butterfly beaded necklace at a Native American Pow Wow once. Would love to have one like the one you showed, but it is too expensive. Thank you so much for sharing!

a reply to: Ksihkehe

I love moths, especially big ones! Beautiful!

a reply to: CopeLongCut

So glad that you enjoyed it!

a reply to: pheonix358

Well you see, there was a day when you weren't home and I broke in and found the video and...

a reply to: violet

Glad you enjoyed this!

a reply to: MapOfNowhere

Cool aren't they? Glad you liked this!

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Awesome! I love huge moths!
I once went to a butterfly building with the butterflies in every stage. There were all kinds of plants for them and everything. So beautiful!

a reply to: Encia22

Aren't they gorgeous? So huge and beautiful! Thank you for the pics!