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OWL BUTTERFLY EGG - Scientific MicroscopyGenus Caligo©Martin Oeggerli Photography The mosaic pattern on an owl butterfly egg looks like a landing pad. At the center is a minute opening, called a micropyle, through which the sperm enters the egg. —- Butterflies in the genus Caligo are commonly called owl butterflies, after their huge eyespots, which resemble owls’ eyes. They are found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico, Central and South America. Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 millimetres (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few metres at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place. However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around. The Latin name may possibly refer to their active periods. Caligo means darkness. Some owl butterflies form leks in mating behavior. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_butterfly Other photos you might like: Cross Section of Damselfly Eye-compound vision Cross section of an Anglerfish Ovary Peacock Mite (tuckerella)

OWL BUTTERFLY EGG - Scientific Microscopy
Genus Caligo
©Martin Oeggerli Photography

The mosaic pattern on an owl butterfly egg looks like a landing pad. At the center is
a minute opening, called a micropyle, through which the sperm enters the egg.

—-

Butterflies in the genus Caligo are commonly called owl butterflies, after their huge eyespots, which resemble owls’ eyes. They are found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico, Central and South America.

Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 millimetres (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few metres at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place. However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around. The Latin name may possibly refer to their active periods. Caligo means darkness.

Some owl butterflies form leks in mating behavior.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_butterfly

Other photos you might like:

Cross Section of Damselfly Eye-compound vision

Cross section of an Anglerfish Ovary

Peacock Mite (tuckerella)

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