at first I thought it was real, a transparent winged butterfly, but now I'm not so sure it wasn't somebody's fantastic handcrafting. What do you think?
I thought this was the neatest picture
It sure looks real! If it is someones handy work,they could make some money selling them.Aleta
They are real for sure, this is the Pointed Clearwing Butterfly (Pteronymia artena) http://www.livingunderworld.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=321&sort=1&cat=500 which is found in Mexico.
Wow, Nery! Those are gorgeous!!
They are real...we've gotten some extremely rare strays in south Texas (zone 9).
They made headlines out here.
Broad-tipped Clearwing (Pteronymia cotytto)
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/cotytto.html
and Thick-tipped Greta (Greta morgane)
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/morgane.html
~ Cat
Those are amazing! Talk about a dainty-looking butterfly, and did you see it's size relative to the turk's cap flower on that last link? Really beautiful!
Very cool, nery--where did you find the photo?
a friend of a friend of a friend, ad infinitum