Rabbit Hole

DESCRIPTION

"You take the blue pill... the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill... you stay in Wonderland"--The Matrix "Once, Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering about, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know that he was Zhuang Zhou."--Zhuang Zhou Dreams of Being a Butterfly

MATERIALS

Giant blue morpho butterflies (Morpho didius) from Peru and red gliders (Cymothoe sangaris) from Africa.

MEASUREMENTS

25"W by 31"H by 2.5"D

LEAD TIME

1-3 weeks. Made in USA.

ABOUT THE BUTTERFLIES

The blue morpho butterfly is a rainforest species, dwelling in the canopy of the jungle and rarely coming near the ground. Adult males display an iridescent blue color on the upper wing surface. The female is less vivid than the male.  The slow pace of their wings while flying causes the iridescent blue to flash and then disappears, as the wings are raised only to return in another place in a short while. This causes predators to loose track of the Morpho when it is flying as they only glimpse blue flashes as the brown underside makes them invisible in the thick foliage of the jungle.