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glasswing butterfly (imgur.com)

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[–]Zippy_The_Chimp 22 points23 points ago

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DAMN NATURE YOU BEAUTIFUL

[–]grldg 104 points105 points ago

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where's a masterball when you need it!

[–]whitey-ofwgkta 6 points7 points ago

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i already used it on rayquaza!

[–]PoorlyTimedPhraseGuy 2 points3 points ago

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I always caught him with a great ball. Seemed super easy.

[–]Discord666 3 points4 points ago

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I KNEW my masterball was too awesome to use. UNTIL NOW.

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    [–]tacotrucker 23 points24 points ago

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    Glass seems like a poor choice for air travel.

    [–]jmaccadillac 3 points4 points ago

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    I agree, very inefficient.

    [–]danthemancooney 4 points5 points ago

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    The USSR did make a transparent plan.

    [–]diggexpat 1 point2 points ago

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    It's even worse for armor, but don't tell that to Bethesda.

    [–]Spyro_A_Dragon 71 points72 points ago

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    Aww look at the wings, look at the NOPE. KILL IT. JUST TAKE THE WINGS.

    [–]SisRob 39 points40 points ago

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    it's basically a spider that can fly around. o_o

    [–]PAPYRUSGUY 30 points31 points ago

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    Nothing is more terrifying than the thought of flying spiders. Except maybe flying parasitic spiders.

    [–]The_Turbinator 23 points24 points ago

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    Kind of like this.

    [–]GrossEwww 8 points9 points ago

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    For anybody scared of clicking the link, I promise it is safe.

    [–]The_Turbinator 5 points6 points ago

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    You should read up on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooning_(spider)

    Basically, spiders DO fly by making their own parachutes. Some spiderlings even travel trough the jet-stream!

    [–]EriktheRed 1 point2 points ago

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    Ah, it must be okay, the man from the Internet promised.

    [–]Shorps 7 points8 points ago

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    Don't encourage them to learn how to fly!

    [–]turchx 4 points5 points ago

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    Actually spiders are arachnids and butterflies are insects so....haters gonna hate

    /r/insects /r/spiders

    Note: This was purposefully douchey, sarcasm doesn't translate well in text

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      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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      Dat....Dat username.... cries

      [–]InterstellarPancake -1 points0 points ago

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      When I opened the image I instinctually covered the body of it with my hand.

      [–]FreeGiraffeRides 5 points6 points ago

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      I think the body is beautiful too. It's so graceful and harmless.

      [–]desconectado 5 points6 points ago

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      This is mine: http://i.imgur.com/YRvK3.jpg

      [–]ck1p3 45 points46 points ago

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      Is anyone else scared of butterflies?

      [–]JohnCthulhu 57 points58 points ago

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      I'm okay with butterflies but moths instantly give me the shivers, especially when they are fairly large in size. They're just so...juicy looking.

      [–]Alex-the-3217th 111 points112 points ago

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      But some moths are fluffy! Like minature pimps.

      [–]unexceptional 54 points55 points ago

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      That is what it would be like if Cruella DeVille was transformed into a moth.

      [–]tarsef 10 points11 points ago

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      I don't like them because they usually have an abnormally huge thorax....... SO GROSS

      [–]Alex-the-3217th 16 points17 points ago*

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      Not gross, it's manly.

      [–]criblo 24 points25 points ago

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      Every day I'm hustlin.

      [–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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      ASSGHHHHHH

      [–]effurface 2 points3 points ago

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      Beautiful and gross like most of reddit.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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      It's the combined fact that their movement is so sporadic and they also move with such a huge momentum since they weigh much more than most other flying things. They make such a large impact and panic like crazy, they're like really heavy crane flys.

      [–]cybrbeast 25 points26 points ago

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      You're gonna love the goliath Atlas moth then :)

      [–]LimpNoodle69 5 points6 points ago

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      Thank you, I normally don't like moths, but I thought this one to be quite pretty. [4]

      [–]cybrbeast 6 points7 points ago

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      Actually most moths are quite pretty if you see them in the light. At night they just look like a big menacing black butterfly.

      [–]chili_cheese_dog 3 points4 points ago

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      as a child

      [–]catsvanbag 1 point2 points ago

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      I think it looks pretty too, but if it came flying into my house I would run out the front door screaming

      [–]somewhere-man 5 points6 points ago

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      Oh, you're gonna love this then.

      [–]JohnCthulhu 2 points3 points ago

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      I bet it tastes like shrimp. Murderous, winged shrimp.

      [–]Abbacoverband 0 points1 point ago

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      Too scared to click.

      [–]ADragoon 8 points9 points ago

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      Imagine it just flying in to your mouth righhhhhht between your back two teeth and... pop!

      [–]JohnCthulhu 9 points10 points ago

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      http://i.imgur.com/gGsVW.jpg

      [–]eyecite 1 point2 points ago

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      Wtf? this happens?

      [–]timmyduboy 0 points1 point ago

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      Nice imagination, man

      [–]jegerenelgiskogen 1 point2 points ago

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      I live in Japan, and many of my friends here are absolutely terrified of moths... They have no problem with big, hairy spiders that scare the ish out of me, but moths? Inexplicably terrifying.

      [–]ziplokk 1 point2 points ago

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      I had one fly up my pants when I was driving. It was awful.

      [–]AccipiterF1 2 points3 points ago

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      The difference between Butterflies and Moths is arbitrary, their actual taxonomic classification having long been muddied by aesthetic perceptions.

      [–]JohnCthulhu 0 points1 point ago

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      Oh, I realise that but, hey, irrational fears often defy all reason.

      [–]bockyPT 1 point2 points ago

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      I hate moths. Why do they insist in flying into you?

      [–]jppie7 0 points1 point ago

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      There are so many moths in my bunk at camp.

      [–]MissMinnieMay 11 points12 points ago

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      I've never been scared of a butterdly, but those really big fuzzy moths creep me out. It may just be that butterflies are usually really gentle, where as those damn moths just bat around your head in the dark whenever you go near any source of light. shudder

      [–]evolvedfish 1 point2 points ago

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      Maybe a good premise for a horror flick. Don't turn on the lights or they'll start circling!

      [–]MissMinnieMay 5 points6 points ago

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      They're creepy as hell! Now all I can think about is giant moths the size of Boeing 747s snatching up people like birds with mice.

      ಠ_ಠ Thanks for ruining my sleep for tonight.

      [–]FaceStealer 4 points5 points ago

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      It's just a matter of time before they start to snatch people

      [–]MissMinnieMay 3 points4 points ago

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      I keep looking outside my windows now, hoping they're not perched on the balconies outside. I may go buy some curtains today... and mace...

      [–]ObscureGecko 0 points1 point ago

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      What would actually happen if you were to mace an insect? Would they care? Our eyes are wet and squishy, but theirs are coverd with exoskeleton. Would that change things?

      [–]MissMinnieMay 0 points1 point ago

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      I'm not sure about their eyes, but http://www.ghorganics.com tells me that it can be used as a repellent for any insects.. so maybe we just need a lot of it.

      Hairspray works too... with a mini-torch ;)

      [–]steakknife 0 points1 point ago

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      Mothra?

      [–]MissMinnieMay 1 point2 points ago

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      See, thats the difference between Moths and Butterflies.

      Giant Moth? Frightening as hell.

      Giant Butterfly? Beloved movie character :

      http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mjYn8f1IzHA/Shds4pc46HI/AAAAAAAAAPA/hjiC9bviGWw/s320/Monsters_Vs_Aliens_Insectosaurus_Pic.jpg

      [–]arrowheadt 17 points18 points ago

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      IT ATE WORMY!!!

      [–]beeKD 0 points1 point ago

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      Yes.... thank you.

      [–]whoadizzle 23 points24 points ago

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      No, but I was just sitting here thinking how I hate bugs but for some reason I let butterflies pass. If it wasn't for those wings it'd be another squashed bug.

      [–]Angry_Table_Flipper 5 points6 points ago

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      I can have no original thought. :-(

      I too was engaged in deep philosophical monologue which I was eager to share with reddit only to be met with a comment that succinctly summarizes my thoughts.

      shakes fist

      I'd have gotten away with this if it weren't for you meddling kids.

      [–]thehitman47 10 points11 points ago

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      (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

      [–]JohnCthulhu 2 points3 points ago

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      http://i.imgur.com/d6gip.gif

      [–]kickwitkowskiass 3 points4 points ago

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      http://i.imgur.com/EFyZU.gif

      [–]Veret 0 points1 point ago

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      I was waiting for that. Thanks.

      [–]pstdenis 3 points4 points ago

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      For all those squashed bugs, you have taken an intricate complexity that the whole of society has still to come close to matching and smashed it under your foot, magazine, toilet paper etc.

      [–]meh100 6 points7 points ago

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      Yes. And...?

      [–]pstdenis 0 points1 point ago

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      That's exactly the question I'd expect sombody who would take an intricate complexity that the whole of society has still to come close to matching and smashed it under your foot, magazine, toilet paper etc to ask.

      [–]meh100 0 points1 point ago

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      And you didn't answer it. You just repeated your rhetoric and put more rhetoric in front of it.

      [–]bullmonk 0 points1 point ago

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      I hope you have a soft spot for lady bugs as well, I don't think I could ever squash one of those little guys...

      [–]spiraldroid 0 points1 point ago

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      The joys of evolution.

      [–]Kayge 8 points9 points ago

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      I dated a girl in University who grew up in Hong Kong where there were a lot of butterflies. Her theory was that her older brother had told her stories of how evil these things could be and she was afraid of them.

      I'm not talking the same way that your kid sister is scared of spiders, I'm takling about how a baby harp seal is scared of a shark.

      On our first date we saw a movie where a guy is standing in a field, and a butterfly flies into the frame. Camera focus' on the butterfly and tracks it as it flies away.

      She was petrified, and mashed her face into my chest and wimpered "tell me when it's over."

      Strange girl.

      [–]xFilament 7 points8 points ago

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      Thank god I'm not the only one. When I was little my grandmother thought it would be a nice idea to take me to butterfly world. It wasn't. I was covered in insects. It was horrific. Don't go there.

      [–]napalomo 5 points6 points ago

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      If I went there I think I'd be too afraid to move because I would crush them some how.

      [–]HollowRain 1 point2 points ago

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      Butterfly world in Florida? I used to take my little sister there with my grandmother. The first time we went there she named one of the butterflies, and then she thought that she found the same one like a year and a half later. I didn't have the heart to tell her that butterflies live for like a week.

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        [–]Hangovers_FTW 2 points3 points ago

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        But think about it "ummm Dat Glass"!

        [–]rustyshacklefurt 2 points3 points ago

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        Glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass, glass.

        [–]smilenowgirl 1 point2 points ago

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        Me. I totally understand that spongebob episode.

        [–]Felonious_Dunk 3 points4 points ago

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        goddamnit no. Why on earth would you be scared of butterflies?

        [–]Chubbycherub 2 points3 points ago

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        I seriously will never understand reddits irrational fear with insects. Seriously, they are 1/10 th mass of your smallest fingernail. And even the biggest ones are one hundred times smaller than you. What's so scary about them?

        [–]napalomo 3 points4 points ago*

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        Yeah and some of them can kill you, leave huge holes in your body, etc... Black Widow, Brown Recluse, etc.

        Edit: I know spiders aren't really insects but look at this. http://listverse.com/2007/11/15/top-10-deadliest-insects/

        [–]ck1p3 3 points4 points ago

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        It's because they're small that I'm creeped out. It doesn't make any sense, but I'm afraid of it getting in any of my orifices.

        [–]HollowRain 2 points3 points ago

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        So in other words, if it was huge it would no longer be scary? In that case, I'll hide behind you when the giant mutant spiders attack.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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        A moth is heavier than your fingernail...

        [–]VisibleCunt -2 points-1 points ago

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        Look at it's body... shivers

        [–]Chubbycherub 6 points7 points ago

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        Yes, look at his delicate body, refined through millions of years of evolution. Look at his thin frame, specifically designed to extract nectar from the flowers he visits, and in the meanwhile carry the seeds to make new flowers. Tirelessly he spreads them around and furthers the ecosystem and helps the growth around him. All this all throughout the year. Since when could you claim such a feat?

        [–]montagv3 1 point2 points ago

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        Ever since I saw that spongebob episode with Sandy's butterflies laying waste to bikini bottom with extreme close ups of their faces...

        [–]allyrachelle 0 points1 point ago

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        It seems as if we have had the same life.

        [–]allyrachelle 0 points1 point ago

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        I'm completely terrified of them. Moths are worse.

        [–]MstrKief 0 points1 point ago

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        You have about a thousand replies, but my ex did. It was fucking annoying. I always assumed she was lying, though, she was a chronic liar.

        [–]archetypes 0 points1 point ago

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        Not me, but my aunt is! She's lived on the opposite coast all my life so I've never known her that well. She came to visit when I was a kid(about 6), and her, my mom and I were outside walking when we saw one and she screamed and ran in the house. Blew my tiny mind. I asked my mother to explain why she was afraid of them, and she just laughed. Never answered me. Never understood it.

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          [–]VAGINAL_SEEPAGE 17 points18 points ago

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          One of the most beautiful and elegant pics I've seen in a long time, absolutely gorgeous. The elegance and beauty of this creature is almost matched by the fact that the picture is in such high resolution as to make it life-like.

          [–]isthisnametakenyett 16 points17 points ago

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          up vote for your name-comment contrast

          [–]Inamo 1 point2 points ago

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          I recommend the movie Microcosmos, it's a whole film of beautiful bug shenanigans.

          [–]kickwitkowskiass 0 points1 point ago

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          Wasn't that on Netflix once?

          [–]Inamo 0 points1 point ago

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          No idea. I downloaded it, make sure to get a really good quality copy. You can watch it on Youtube, but it's a waste.

          [–]DickGobbler_JizzRag 0 points1 point ago

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          Amazing name

          [–]Izlude 3 points4 points ago

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          I see nothing but alchemy reagents in this picture.

          [–]Tree_Phiddy 0 points1 point ago

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          i'd guess invisibility potion

          [–]MrConfucius 12 points13 points ago

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          It's weird to realize that the butterfly is just tasting that flower with it's feet.

          [–]rambeast 148 points149 points ago

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          I took this photo at York's Animal Kingdom in York, Maine. I have no idea how it ended up on Imgur or here. The internet is a weird place sometimes. Any information about how it ended up here would be awesome, message me.

          [–]tompreuss 183 points184 points ago

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          I took this photo at York's Animal Kingdom in York, Maine. I have no idea how it ended up on Imgur or here. The internet is a weird place sometimes. Any information about how it ended up here would be awesome, message me.

          Naturally I can't say how it got here exactly, but the original photo was taken by Flickr user Eddy Van 3000 on October 7, 2007. It was uploaded there shortly thereafter, and then less than four months later it was uploaded for use on Wikipedia. It's Creative Commons licensed Attribution-ShareAlike and there are lots and lots of sites that re-host the image without credit.

          And from what I can make out from the tags on the upload page, he says he took image at the Schmetterlinge Schloss (Garden of Butterflies) in Sayn, Germany and not in Maine.

          [–]Khiva 65 points66 points ago

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          So on the one hand we've got that, and on the other we have a unverified claim made by a person with an anonymous reddit account.

          Seems like we have a stalemate.

          [–]Almondcoconuts 9 points10 points ago

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          Checkmate Atheis.....oh wait.....shit

          [–]juiceboxheero 1 point2 points ago

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          hah-hah!

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            [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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            Quite impreussive detective work, Tom!

            [–]pminkin 86 points87 points ago*

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            According to tineye, this image can be found all over the internet. I'm sure overripebanana saw it on one of these various websites, saved it to his porn/cool pics folder and went over to imgur to post to Reddit. Now he is certainly sitting in his mother's basement fellating himself to the thought of delicious internet points. Karmadecay didn't show any similar images that have been posted to Reddit before. However, a quick reddit search shows that glasswing butterfly photos (albeit not this one) have been posted multiple times before. My work here is done. EDIT: bad links

            [–]sircmpwn 17 points18 points ago

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            Why would you put your porn AND cool pics into one folder? It could easily ruin the moment to scroll past a "cool pic" in the middle of a porn session.

            [–]grundlegnome 36 points37 points ago

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            I try to keep my porn and successful reddit image posts in the same folder. When the porn isn't doing it for me, I can easily find an image that I reposted for well over 100 karma points. The thought of these delicious karma points is often enough push me over the edge.

            [–]OmegaArcadia 8 points9 points ago

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            2 link karma

            You need more porn.

            [–]chili_cheese_dog 3 points4 points ago

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            Porn is not doing it for you? I do not comprehend this! Maybe you need new porn? I heard there is free porn in the tubes.

            [–]FreeGiraffeRides 10 points11 points ago

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            Karma points are porn.

            [–]Special_Mommy_Pop 0 points1 point ago

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            I always thought karma was jizz?

            [–]jcready 0 points1 point ago

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            Karma is just another form of masturbation.

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              [–]b4b 24 points25 points ago

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              prove it.

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              [–]slowsilver 11 points12 points ago

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              You.... you should go into politics

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              [–]Arcon1337[!] 4 points5 points ago

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              Or he hasn't been on the internet long enough.

              [–]cyrusmancub 3 points4 points ago

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              To mindlessly peruse is an oxymoron. You're using peruse to mean the exact opposite of what it actually means (a lot of people make this mistake). A better word to use would be "browse."

              [–]overripebanana[S] 8 points9 points ago

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              oxymoron? did you just politely insult me?

              [–]reddiculous88 3 points4 points ago

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              For all intensive purposes, you understand what he was trying to say. Most people on reddit could care less about a misused phrase.

              [–]cyrusmancub 1 point2 points ago

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              You mean, intents and purpos....oh, I see what you did there.

              [–]OriginalPounderOfAss 0 points1 point ago

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              "for all intents and purposes".

              [–]reddiculous88 1 point2 points ago

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              Very good.

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                [–]Buckfutters 3 points4 points ago

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                Liar!

                [–]bwells626 5 points6 points ago

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                And I'm the king of America

                [–]yemd 4 points5 points ago

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                I'd like to see some proof that you actually took this picture.

                [–]pearldrum1 3 points4 points ago

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                DON'T YOU ALL GET IT?! This person is the smartest one here...lying to get to the source.. My god.

                goes into hysterics and runs away

                [–]Zhang5 0 points1 point ago

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                I've had that same glasswing photo sitting around in my cool images folder foreever. Also this one doesn't happen to be yours too? I found the one posted by OP after seeing the Glasswing in this cracked.com article. I found yours either on Google Image Search, Wikipedia or both.

                Edit: Just noticed this post. ಠ_ಠ

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                  [–]Brisco_County_III 2 points3 points ago

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                  And no one has mentioned that it only has four legs! Yes, this genus lost a pair somewhere along the way. It's practically an honorary vertebrate!

                  [–]spritle6054 1 point2 points ago

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                  But how is it a hexapod if it isn't a hexapod? Honestly though as many times as I've seen pictures of these, I've never noticed they're quadrupedal.

                  [–]criblo 0 points1 point ago

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                  Glad I scrolled down and read this. Super interesting. Didn't notice it until you mentioned it.

                  [–]Kni7es 4 points5 points ago

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                  The Glasswing: For the discerning avant-garde Lepidoptera. Coming fall 2012.

                  [–]originalredditor 3 points4 points ago

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                  I hereby excuse that from being a bug.

                  [–]Thymin 4 points5 points ago

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                  is this real? i mean its organic mass and its transparent => transparent mass -> research -> glass human ?! :DD

                  [–]major_grooves 4 points5 points ago

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                  Whenever I see a few of them flying around the same spot I go and play a harp nearby, just in hope.

                  [–]isetmyfriendsonfire 1 point2 points ago

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                  Wouldn't the wings have to be so thin for it to be 'see through' Couldn't the smallest thing in the wind break the membrane?

                  [–]Brisco_County_III 2 points3 points ago

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                  Ever tried to break a wasp wing? Clear, but incredibly tough material. Anyway, counterexample, jellyfish are transparent too, and they aren't thin at all. Thin is not necessary for transparency.

                  [–]isetmyfriendsonfire 0 points1 point ago

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                  Dual part question, if you know the answer:

                  What makes it transparent, and did it adapt like that to hid when on a flower?

                  [–]Brisco_County_III 5 points6 points ago

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                  Basically, it doesn't have structures at the molecular level that are capable of absorbing photons in the visible spectrum, and it similarly doesn't have structures that scatter them. I'm not too clear on what this actually means, functionally, but for things this thin it's pretty easy to be at least partially transparent, because there are relatively few molecules for a photon to smack into on the way through. Incidentally, most insect colors are structural, which means that the light bounces off in a specific pattern, rather than absorbing the other parts of the light like most vertebrates do. Birds do some of this also if I recall correctly.

                  Second question: Probably not. Butterflies are often not built to hide, but to advertise the fact that they're poisonous (This one is, probably). This one would show up pretty well while it's flying, with that big white bar. It does certainly mess up outline detection, so it may be camouflage, but it's unlikely to be specific to the butterfly resting on a flower. They spend a good bit of time perching on leaves and other vegetation, but they're still colorful. Anyway, there are a lot of selection pressures acting on them: They need to look good for other butterflies (sexual selection), warn predators that they are poisonous (protective coloration), and not get eaten by anything that can handle the poison (camouflage).

                  Long story short, no one has studied them well enough to really know why they have this transparency. We don't even know for sure how poisonous they are! Not enough people think it's worth paying to study this stuff, and we're never going to know much behavioral detail about a great many species.

                  [–]isetmyfriendsonfire 0 points1 point ago

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                  Thank you for the response! Is that whole, don't touch a butterflies' wings true? and what do you do for a living?

                  [–]Brisco_County_III 2 points3 points ago

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                  Basically yeah. Definitely try not to, they're covered with scales that come off very easily, and don't grow back. They give the wing its color, and make it hard for a predator to get a grip on them. This is just stuff I've picked up over the years, not really related to what I do.

                  [–]FiguringShitOut 1 point2 points ago

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                  Not as detailed as Brisco_County_III, but I thought they were transparent because they don't have scales on those sections of wing?

                  [–]Brisco_County_III 1 point2 points ago

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                  Other butterflies do have translucent wings when you wipe off the scales, for sure, but they're typically not this clear, usually more like lightly frosted glass. Definite point, though, not having clear wings is actually pretty unusual among insects. Most of them are transparent like this. I don't know about this group, it's possible that the brush-footed butterflies have a more translucent basic wing structure than most, and this one isn't much of an outlier.

                  [–]stphni 0 points1 point ago

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                  The wings of Greta oto butterflies are structurally similar to any other butterfly. The wing coloration (or lack thereof) is due to an absence of the dusty colored scales found on wings of other species. The scales give the butterfly no significant advantage in wing stability, but they do give advantages for other defenses.

                  [–]plutoXL 1 point2 points ago

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                  I have strong urge to eat this beautiful butterfly. I guess I've been playing Skyrim too much.

                  [–]Hull_in_a_handbasket 1 point2 points ago

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                  Reminds me of hunters from Half Life 2

                  [–]Zack_and_Screech 1 point2 points ago

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                  This is the coolest thing I've ever seen, and I'm drunk right now, so I know what I'm talking about!

                  [–]StrobeEffex15 1 point2 points ago

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                  ಠ_ಠ why does this exist, butterflies are terrifying

                  [–]sighsorry 1 point2 points ago

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                  Mother nature does it again! Well played, planet earth. Keep up the good work.

                  [–]Mrbuy 4 points5 points ago

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                  as a butterfly lover , i googled this kind of pic thousand times. how the fuck you get so many karma

                  [–]Corsair990 3 points4 points ago

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                  Despite how beautiful, I still react like this when I get close to it

                  [–]Devcast 0 points1 point ago

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                  I DON'T BELIEVE IT

                  [–]bartbart 0 points1 point ago

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                  Fallout: New Vegas has ruined this for me.

                  [–]Derpelle 0 points1 point ago

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                  OOO! So pretty! =D

                  [–]Purplefascination 0 points1 point ago

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                  I love glasswing butterflies.

                  [–]Priori_Incantatem 0 points1 point ago

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                  Ah, they're gorgeous :) There's always a bunch of them in the local zoo in Amsterdam and I love watching them.

                  [–]The_Jujunater 0 points1 point ago

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                  The best math teacher I've ever had made this her desktop at one point, since butterflies were her favorite animal. :3 Good memories of her and all her butterfly pins and earrings.

                  [–]malickmobeen 0 points1 point ago

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                  is this real life?

                  [–]Igiveoutupvotes 0 points1 point ago

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                  B-E-A-utiful

                  [–]kazipatorro 0 points1 point ago

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                  I opened this link while listening to I'm Looking Through You by The Beatles. FUCKING BLACK MAGIC

                  [–]Triassic 0 points1 point ago

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                  This is the Glasswing Butterfly (Greta oto), normally found in Latin America. Another picture.

                  [–]Redpepper3 0 points1 point ago

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                  It's beautiful!!

                  [–]Benay21 0 points1 point ago

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                  I saw these all over in Costa Rica! As a six year old it fascinated me, and as a 17 year old it still does..

                  [–]sdteacher 0 points1 point ago

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                  As if this was a word association game, after reading the title "glasswing butterfly", my brain immediately responded with "darkwing duck"

                  [–]midas22 0 points1 point ago

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                  I've seen these in the wild and they're great but I'm equally surprised every time I see pictures of them reposted here.

                  [–]onowztar 0 points1 point ago

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                  http://www.zakelijkthuis.nl/promo/index.php?x=6764 LOL

                  [–]RafaelDelboni 0 points1 point ago

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                  Maybe if I mix this wing with wheat, can do an Invisibility Restore Health Potion!

                  [–]treeman1 0 points1 point ago

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                  good for camouflage

                  [–]blunderchief 0 points1 point ago

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                  Neat! That butterfly has its own blur filter!

                  [–]artistro08 0 points1 point ago

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                  That is just awesome

                  [–]trampus1 0 points1 point ago

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                  I'm only upvoting the wings, the rest of that thing can go to hell.

                  [–]uguysmakemesick 0 points1 point ago

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                  Dumb question but... can I own one of these?

                  [–]glassb00tz 0 points1 point ago

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                  Moths are simply zombie butterflies.

                  [–]flodalol 0 points1 point ago

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                  I want to eat it

                  [–]Nurdeek 0 points1 point ago

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                  A lot harder to draw than your average butterfly.

                  [–]DonRoo 0 points1 point ago

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                  otherwise known as "oleira Paula"

                  [–]baileydw 0 points1 point ago

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                  I wonder what caterpillar this comes from?

                  [–]xebo 0 points1 point ago

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                  KILL IT WITH kindness

                  [–]razmataz145 0 points1 point ago

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                  That is both beautiful and disgusting.

                  [–]Windspawnuuu 0 points1 point ago

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                  I'd eat it.

                  [–]Captain_Aizen 0 points1 point ago

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                  Well shit, since this makes front page every time it gets reposted, maybe I should do it to.

                  [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                  I'm not a big fan of any kind of insects but this is pretty pretty. What I mean to say it's quite pretty.

                  [–]YesRelevant_Comment 0 points1 point ago

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                  Came looking for ShittyWatercolors watercolor. Disappointed

                  [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                  That is very beautiful. I love butterflies.

                  [–]elduderino260 0 points1 point ago

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                  I saw one of these in Costa Rica at the dinner table. The rest of the people there did not understand why I was so excited...

                  [–]badlydrawnincrayon 0 points1 point ago

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                  http://imgur.com/CEgwC

                  [–]ClumsyStranger 0 points1 point ago

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                  I prefer Iron Butterfly. Sadly, only old hippies will get this reference.

                  [–]Spirielle 0 points1 point ago

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                  Beautiful! I took a picture of one of these 5 days ago, but the flash screwed up everything... =( http://imgur.com/xmZkb

                  [–]92alexheat 0 points1 point ago

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                  took this in Colombia: http://i.imgur.com/N7HFQ.jpg

                  [–]Enchanted254 0 points1 point ago

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                  Butterflies are gorgeous creatures.

                  [–]jaymeekae 0 points1 point ago

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                  For anyone in the UK, they have loads of these at Stratford butterfly farm although it's probably better just a little later in the year.

                  [–]bookranger 0 points1 point ago

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                  Pocket Guides: Butterflies and Moths

                  [–]Mikulicious 0 points1 point ago

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                  Pimp moths, probably gonna back hand us.... Dx

                  [–]SikTut 0 points1 point ago

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                  EWWWW KILL IT PL0X!!!!

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