Blue Morpho

Morpho peleides

photo taken in South Deerfield, MA

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Occasionally a Blue Morpho will leave it wings open at rest. This Blue Morpho is on the old side. Butterflies typically live 7 to 14 days in the wild; at Magic Wings they typically live 4 to 6 weeks due to the lack of predators. It would appear that Magic Wings adds 80 or so butterflies a day to the conservatory to make up for their normal mortality rate.