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    1. [TRIVVIES] Transparent Butterfly
    2. June Gamble
    3. Hi all I was sent this from a friend and thought the concept was beautiful. There was a picture attached, but if you are really interested I am sure you could find one on the net. Cheers, June Transparent Butterfly It comes from Central America and is found from Mexico to Panama .It is quite common in its zone, but it is not easy to find because of its transparent wings, which is a natural camouflage mechanism. A butterfly with transparent wings is rare and beautiful. As delicate as finely blown glass, the presence of this rare tropical gem is used by rain forest ecologists as an indication of high habitat quality and its demise alerts them of ecological change. Rivalling the refined beauty of a stained glass window, the translucent wings of the Glasswing butterfly shimmer in the sunlight like polished panes of turquoise, orange, green, and red. All things beautiful do not have to be full of colour to be noticed. In life that which is unnoticed often has the most power.

    08/25/2008 03:25:49