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    Posted 11 years ago

    fortapache
    (3422 items)

    First one is in a 6" frame. The second in a 4" glass cube. You can see why they are called Morphos as the underside of the wings are camouflaged to blend in with the surroundings and the top side is quite colorful. These are from Brazil.

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    Comments

    1. inky inky, 11 years ago
      Beautiful creatures!.. Merry Christmas!...:-)
    2. fortapache fortapache, 11 years ago
      Thank you inky and I hope you had a Merry Christmas.
    3. fortapache fortapache, 11 years ago
      Thank you

      walksoftly
      nutsabotas6
      Manikan
    4. Aimathena Aimathena, 11 years ago
      Yay, you're back :)
    5. fortapache fortapache, 11 years ago
      Good to be back. Still having internet problems but have them working on it
    6. VanessaT, 11 years ago
      Wow, beautiful!
    7. Aimathena Aimathena, 11 years ago
      Hopefully they'll have it fixed for you soon.
    8. fortapache fortapache, 11 years ago
      Thank you very much VanessaT. Glad you liked it.
    9. fortapache fortapache, 11 years ago
      Aimathena they are sending a service guy next week but they are saying nothing is wrong.
    10. fortapache fortapache, 11 years ago
      Thank you

      Aimathena
      valentino97
      ahgcollect
      tom61375
    11. antiquerose antiquerose, 11 years ago
      Love yours too. Nice to see!!

      I have one - They are BIG butterflies!!

      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/115793-really-big-butterfly
    12. fortapache fortapache, 11 years ago
      Thank you very much antiquerose. I need one with the double glass frame like yours.

      Thank you sean68.
    13. fortapache fortapache, 10 years ago
      Thank you SEAN68
    14. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 4 years ago
      i've seen lots of these 'puddling' in the forest where i lived in Honduras. they are gorgeous!
    15. fortapache fortapache, 4 years ago
      Thank you very much ho2cultcha for bringing back this golden oldie.

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