10 Beautiful Butterflies and Their Ugly Duckling Offspring
nother opportunity to scratch your head at the vagaries of Mother Nature, take a look at this pictorial proof of butterfly beauty and caterpillar creepiness!
You can see the black “tiger” strips on the wing of the male
in the caterpillar stage of its life.
will appear to be a piece of bird dropping, which is nice. However, if you disturb it then it rears its head
More slug-looking than anything, this little guy is giving off a message to his predators that he will not make a tasty meal
Although not the most colorful
Evening Brown is a lovely butterfly
named after the green mineral malachite
caterpillar (larvae more rightly) is pretty much the overweight kid
The Eastern Black Swallowtail
Magellan's Iridescent Birdwing
Monarch caterpillar has now been spotted in places such as Bermuda
clipped from: www.scienceray.com 
