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Owl butterflies are very large, 65–200 mm (2.6–7.9 in), and fly only a few meters at a time, so avian predators have little difficulty in following them to their settling place. However, the butterflies preferentially fly in dusk, when few avian predators are around. [ 1 ]
The Owl Nebula (also known as Messier 97, M97 or NGC 3587) is a planetary nebula approximately 2,030 light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. [2] Estimated to be about 8,000 years old, [ 6 ] it is approximately circular in cross-section with a faint internal structure.
Owl Nebula: M97: NGC 3587: 1781 2.6 (approx.) 9.9 Ursa Major: Twin Jet Nebula or Butterfly Nebula M2-9: 1947 2.1 14.7 Ophiuchus: NGC 7026: 1873 5.6 10.0 Cygnus: Butterfly Nebula: NGC 2346: 1802 3.9 (approx.) 11.9 Monoceros: Abell 39: 1955 6.8 (approx.) 13.7 Hercules: Jones-Emberson 1 / Headphone Nebula: PK 164+31.1 1939 1.6 (approx.) 14.0 Lynx ...
NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius.The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever seen in planetary nebulae.
Dorsal view. Caligo illioneus has a wingspan reaching about 12–15 centimetres (4.7–5.9 in). In this large owl butterfly the dorsal sides of the wings vary from light brilliant blue to purplish with dark brown edges, while the undersides have a highly cryptic dull brown color, with huge yellow-rimmed eyespots resembling to the eyes of an owl.
Butterflies are thus connected to the soul and the quest for love and beauty. Looking East, butterflies have shown up in Chinese culture and art similarly as symbols of love, romance, beauty, and ...
Image credits: @dianamurguta While all the butterflies have the same life cycle through four key stages of metamorphosis, from egg to larva to pupa and eventually into adult butterfly, their life ...
Caligo teucer, the Teucer owl butterfly [2] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia and Paraguay. The habitat consists of rainforests and cloudforests at altitudes ranging from 400 to 1,400 meters. [2]