04 August 2009

Not a dead leaf


This is the chrysalis of a southeast Asian butterfly - Dichorragia nesimachus nesiotes. The head would be at the right end, the wings are the triangular formation at right center. The "hole" is presumably there as part of the camouflage.

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1 comment:

  1. wow...this is one of the better camouflages I've seen.

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