One of the main reasons is to put them in an ideal position for takeoff

a name given from the lace looking patterns on its wings

this snake will inflate its body slightly to reveal bluish or turquoise skin underlying its body scales

Males are so beautiful

Owl Butterfly in a Frame taxidermy_dome One of the main reasonsSpecies Name: Caligo eurilochus Common Namer: Owl Butterfly Origin: Peru Size: 5"x7" Black Shadowbox Frame The Owl butterfly! How smart is the genetic adaptation; its somehow figured that owls are not to be messed with, even the wing patterns look like the feathers of an owl? A very useful defence mechanism, since the Owl butterfly is quite large and slow, flying only a few meters at a time. One of the largest butterflies in Central America, it often