Eyes to scare off predators

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Eyes to scare off predators

May 24, 2014 by buffalostevep

A have a huge number of Painted Lady butterflies in the yard today. They have big blue eyes, presumably to scare of predators (taken with a Canon 70D with a 300mm f/2.8 lens with a Canon 2X Teleconverter = 960mm):

Posted in Moths and Butterfiles | Tagged Arkansas, near Parthenon, on Butterfly Bush, Painted Lady, Painted Lady butterflies, predators | Leave a Comment

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