Giant Blue Morpho butterfly

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Uploaded by on Aug 4, 2008

Our guide kept calling this the Owl butterfly... but it isn't. However, I'm not sure what kind of morpho butterfly it is as it isn't the 'main' one you aim to see in this part of the Amazon. I did sort of work out what it was out once, but I've lost the piece of paper I scribbled it on! I'll have another Google again soon...

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  • someone had an orgasm as it flew away

  • @25Celtics - you may be right - literally - by the sounds of it!

  • Who's the idiot with the flash turned on his camera? There's more than sufficient light in there.

  • @sofarsogood9 - I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, sorry! It was pretty dark in there to be fair although I'm not sure I'd boither trying to take a picture of one moving in flight - flash or no!

  • Which part of the Amazon were you in? I have been to the rainforest around the River Napo, Ecuador, and there are plenty of these butterflies there. I believe this species is 'Morpho peleides'.

  • @Lepilad - Hi there. Many thanks for your comment and the suggested species! You could be right although I think the eye spots on peleides are a big large for this specimen. It's not easy to see on the film but I recall the 'eyes' all being the same size and quite small - unlike the Owl butterfly and your peleides whch have large eyes too. This Morpho was filmed in South-Eastern Peru, in the Manu Biosphere Reserve - I'm sure your suggested species occurs there though.

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  • @sofarsogood9 - Being a wildlife photographer myself, and having been to Costa Rican rainforests several times, I can assure you that most of the time there would not be enough light. Personally I usually use a Better Beamer add-on to extend the reach of the flash in order to penetrate the dense brush Just sayin.

  • @zeeox You obviously do not realize the power of a DSLR.

  • BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • Sounds like they're pretty common as far north as Mexico! I agree, they are super pretty butterflies! Cheers!

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