Growing at Reiman Gardens 014 UV Light

On this special episode of Growing at Reiman Gardens, Butterfly Wing Curator, Nathan Brockman, takes a unique look at butterflies under Ultraviolet (UV) "light." UV light is a type of wavelength that is shorter to those found in visible light. It cannot be seen by humans without the aid of special tools, such as black light. Certain species of insects can see ultraviolet patterns exhibited by plants and other insects which go unseen by most mammals. On this episode, Nathan briefly describes visible and UV light then shows examples of butterflies and flowers which exhibit an ultraviolet pattern. The butterflies from the Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing displayed in the video include; Postman Butterfly (Heliconius melpomene), Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale), Numata Longwing (Heleconius numata), Sara Longwing (Heliconius sara), Sapho Longwing (Heliconius sapho), Ismenius Longwing (Heliconius ismenius), Common Mormon (Papilio polytes), Emperor Swallowtail (Papilio ophidocephalus), and Constantine's Swallowtail (Papilio constantinus). For more information on Reiman Gardens please visit www.reimangardens.com.

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• Gardens
• Butterfly
• Ultraviolet
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• Flower

[5dnangel5]

is there a glasswing butteerfly that is like: its wings are totally transparent?

[ButterflyHunters]

This video rocks, thanks for sharing

[razorflown2]

Your dogma doesn't have a special place where no one can criticize it here, theist.

If you say dumb shit, you will be called on it.

I personally don't like people who chock up whole areas of science and millions of years of evolution to "Jebus done it !"

[Glabarth]

just because someone expresses their opinion through god doesnt mean that you need to attack them for it.

[razorflown2]

The "lord" had nothing to do with it. Don't you ppl ever read books? Do you do anything but go to church? Go get a high school biology book and start there.

...morons

[budockchurch]

This video is just awesome! The Lord's wonderful creation continues to blow my mind!

[Neakra]

yes that is!

[jcmegabyte]

Interesting :-)