Butterflies

Butterflies  NEW for Spring Summer 2012  

• The color in a butterfly's wings does not come from pigment. The color is produced prism-like by light reflected by their transparent wing scales.

• A butterfly's taste sensors are located below their feet.

• The largest butterfly is the Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly from Papua New Guinea. The wingspan of the butterfly can reach to be almost one foot.

• A butterfly has to have a body temperature greater than 86 degrees to be able to fly.

Enough reasons to love a butterfly?  These were hand drawn and hand painting adds to their reflective wings.