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The blues

  • Writer: Wildcreatures
    Wildcreatures
  • Nov 25, 2021
  • 1 min read

This is the very pretty little butterfly with the lovely common name of the forget-me-not or, in science speak, Catochryspos strabo


Meanwhile, this is a Cycad blue butterfly.

Their caterpillars pose a threat to some of the wonderful Cycad plants. they have wonderful hindwings with tails...and it is thought that these, along with the dot, are supposed to represent a head, so a predator will target the fake head. they make this seem even more realistic by rubbing their hindwings making the tails move like a bobbing head. Clever stuff.

 
 
 

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