This tiny blue butterfly took a fancy to my hat and spent much of the day photogenically attached to me, as we wandered around an upland meadow earlier this week. It sat on my hair, when I took off the hat and it rested on my water bottle when it tired of riding on the hat. I don’t know what the butterfly got out of our interaction, but when I looked closely at his wonderful compound eye, I knew I was looking into something immensely old and extraordinary.
This photo was taken using a microscope of a fly caught in a chip of amber bought recently. The eye is concave from the pressure of the ancient resin, but still very recognisably and unchanged: an insect.
Some other insect eyes from recent moth trapping, watching me across the ages, include lesser elephant hawk moth and oak eggar moth.
I wonder which one of us understands more of life on this planet?
What a lovely little friend to spend the day with. The blue colours are so pretty. xxx
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He was surprisingly persistent!
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wow! what a pretty butterfly. 🙂
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With an odd attraction to hats!
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well maybe it was just attracted to you.
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It has odd taste then!
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Interesting post and wonderful pictures. xx
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Glad you enjoyed it! X
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How extraordinary to be blessed with this beautiful creature’s visit. There is no question as to who understands more of life. Only we humans think we know everything.
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I agree, we have been here for such a short time!
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