The Transparent Butterfly
Butterflies
are amazing. They can carry up to fifty times their body weight and
fly up to twelve miles per hour. Did you know that their exoskeletons
keep the moisture in their bodies and that they can only see red,
green, and yellow?
There
are over twenty-four thousand species of butterflies. Out of these
many types, I chose the Glasswing Butterfly. Glasswing Butterflies,
or Greta Oto, are in the family Nymphlidae. The tissue in between
their wings lack color, so they look like like tiny, breakable
little creatures. Despite their appearance, they are actually quite
strong. They can carry fifty times their body weight, which is the
equivalent of a human carrying two heavy cars filled with people.
They can live anywhere from Mexico to Panama. The Glasswing's name in
Spanish means “little mirrors”. Their wings have a brownish-red
border and are twenty-eight to thirty millimeters from wingtip to
wingtip.
The
Glasswing Butterfly is a unique and intriguing creature.
