#ulysses butterfly

[rievynnzan]

Can't miss these two

[blueyinthebush]

that's lucky! - ulysses butterfly

"the sign" brought back one of the most important non-speaking characters in the show--flappy the butterfly, an eye-catching ulysses butterfly. the females are a bit less vibrant, so this one is probably a male. they also don't keep those bright blue markings on the outside of their wings, but for animation's sake i'll give it a pass.

this pretty swallowtail was first seen in "slide", when lila and bingo saved it as a caterpillar (pictured here on an agapanthus plant). the caterpillars of this species are bright green with white markings. this helps them blend in with the leaves of the euodia tree, their favorite food.

with such a striking color, the ulysses butterfly is an iconic and beloved insect. in 2016, there were some concerns about the decline of the breeding population, but it seems like they've been able to bounce back. this little guy is indirectly responsible for much of the events of "the sign", and he deserves it! a pretty butterfly like this is too good to go unnoticed.

[rubydolly]

I can’t believe I saw a Ulysses Butterfly 🦋 I feel so lucky, these beautiful butterfly’s live in the Daintree so to see one in NSW is unusual

[dragonwhisper23]

For #birbfest2023, the first was Frill-Necked Monarch from Australia!!

I loved drawing these guys, my first art of 2023! You may notice that these two have different markings from each other, and there's a reason! Both marking sets come up when searching for the bird and one source I read said this was the sexual dimorphism in this species. But there's a twist.

There's a near identical species of monarch, the Frilled Monarch, just a hop across the water in Papa New Guinea. And because it's near identical, but with a brown female, I had other sources saying that the Frill-Necked Monarch's female must also be brown. It was near impossible to figure out which photo was which bird because they’re so similar! I even found photos that were labeled as one species on one site and the same photo labeled as the other species on another! I checked a book, entitled “birds of Australia” and there was no Frill-Necked Monarch. But there was the frilled monarch in the book. But it looked nothing like the EITHER OF THE SPECIES?!

Anyway, that was my fun research rabbit hole I went down. I added the butterfly cause they eat insects and Ulysses butterflies are in the same area that these birds are supposedly located

[ginkgoidea]

Ulysses butterfly (Papilio ulysses), 2020

Scratchboard (top); Mars Lumograph pencils on Bristol board (bottom)

Process pics under the cut:

Drawing half of the butterfly on Bristol board

Using carbon and tracing paper to achieve a symmetrical drawing of the other wing

Initial lines carved out on scratchboard (also achieved with the help of carbon paper)

Half rendered scratchboard and graphite pieces (sorry it's so dark 😭)

More rendering of the graphite version

[voidbug]

🦋 Ulysses Fairy 🦋

[pixelarthropods]

Meet three blue beautiful butterflies Blue-banded Eggfly (Hypolimnas Alimena), Papilio Ulysses, Morpho Menelaus!

I hope you like it!

[ghostbusterscantcatchme]

I should make a post where I assign my mutuals different moths or butterflies or beetles. that would be very cool of me I think

[echoheart0324]

Right in front of my Nintendo DS???

[rievynnzan]

Buggies

[fdragon-art]

Day 54 - Absorbed

"Even on an island filled with the most monstrous beasts and dangerous predators, there is the meek and meagre to be found, one that even a baby can watch and be gobsmacked by its beauty~"

[izzysarchivedblogs]

The Dusty Toolbox -> Accepting All Meme // oh gosh @biitchcakes you just want to hurt us -> you haven’t called me that in years . (clint)

TWENTY THREE DAYS IN COURT. Several additional days before those days in court being in a holding cell. He wasn't allowed visitors, or he does not know if it was the other around. If no one was allowed to come in and see him. There was no phone call offered to him, and the fact that his hands haven't stop shaking.

Partly from minor withdrawal, and majorly because HE DID IT. Bruce Banner came to him and begged, pushed that arrowhead in his hand and told him what to do. VISION OF THE BIG GREEN. Clint followed him, waited in the trees and watched. He doesn't know if it was the right thing to do.

BRUCE ASKED. BEGGED. HE JUST WANTED THE HELP. NEEDED.

Clint knew what he would be doing; how he had to fight to explain why he broke the moral code of avengers don't kill. ULTIMATELY? He was someone who respected his friends wishes, who saw the desparation and did what they said would help.

It weighs too heavy on him, those twenty three days in court and he was looking for her because a conversation runs through his head over and over again.

CAN I TELL ANYONE?

No.

NOT EVEN JESS?

Especially not her.

YOU KNOW THIS'LL MAKE TWO YEARS. I WAS LUCKY SHE TOOK ME BACK AFTER WHAT I DID FOUR YEARS AGO.

I'm sorry.

He didn't see her, and when he was released? He knew that he had to get out of New York as soon as possible. Partly because he couldn't be here, he couldn't stand this.

The government ⸺ politicians with an agenda and fearmongering ⸺ taking Ulysses' visions as their spearhead to a greater future; whatever they had on Carol to make her the face of this? HE'S ALMOST GLAD HE'S IN THE ASSIST ONE OF MY OLDEST FRIENDS KILL HIMSELF SEAT THAN HERS.

Those same types of people were the kind that tried to rig his trial, ensure that he got the death sentence. It still sends a chill down his spine thinking of his conversations with Murdock, but he's glad he made his trial fair.

He became the most popular avenger to the general public, with the fearmongering around the Hulk, and the least favorite avenger among all the people he was friends with. Clint wanted to blackout, forget all of this, but there's one hurt that weights almost as much as the Bruce Banner one.

HIS GIRLFRIEND. Clint's got one hundred percent accuracy that she's EX again. He really had been falling for her too.

Bruce Banner is dead now. It's a long shot, but he never said he couldn't tell anyone afterwards. So he calls her, at the very least, to explain himself or apologize, or simply to hear her one last time. TELL HER GOODBYE.

She picks up, probably because it's not a known number he is calling. ❝ WAIT, CUPCAKE! ❞ He says when she's about to hang up on the phone.

You haven't called me that in years.

OH SHIT! She's right. Not even this second try at their relationship, he's used that nickname in a while. She's been BABE and sweetheart. Not Cupcake. It got her attention.

❝ I know nothing I could say or do would make it better or change; I could tell you what he told me, give you the answers. They won't help. ❞ None of that was helping him out.

❝ I'm sorry, Cupcake, I should have told you but it went against his wishes. AND I KNOW YOU'RE MY GIRLFRIEND, and I loved- LOVE you. He really felt like this was what would help him.... ❞ Perhaps she should have came first over what Bruce Banner asked, but both Jess and Clint were people who stuck to their guns, stuck to morals. Regardless of people, respecting Bruce's wishes came in front of his girlfriends.

❝ I'm sorry, I wish I- I just wanted to tell you goodbye, I'm leaving. I asked him to write you a note, I stuck it under our table at our favorite burger joint. ❞ Clint begged Bruce to at least give her that, this had nothing to do with Jess and Clint's relationship. He begged him to at least write her a note, just for her, because she deserved that. She would be losing a lot already, he'd promise to deliver it after the arrow had been used.

❝ So, uh, that's it. Thanks for staying on the phone. ❞

[yoan-le-grall]

[brooklynbutterflyarts]

Papilio Ulysses Butterfly Framed Ulysses butterfly specimen sealed in Acrylic frame.6x6 inches.(INCLUDES PRE-INSTALLED CLEAR HANGER & CLEAR RUBBER BUMPERS FOR WALL MOUNTING) Papilio ulysses, the Ulysses butterfly, is a large swallowtail butterfly, in the subgenus Achillides, of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands This beautiful display allows you to appreciate both the front patterns as well as the back patterns of the butterfly witch can be radically different. The clear acrylic disappears against the wall leaving the butterfly to shine on its own. This display adds a decorative touch to any living room, office or study. Also makes a fantastic high quality gift on any occasion. For any questions feel free to send me a message. Ships with 3 layers of protection for a guaranteed safe arrival. Full refund if damaged in transit.

[burnt-scone]

Fun fact

The whole "Blue Jay's and Ulysses Butterflies aren't blue. They just reflect blue light." thing, annoys me

Like the fuck you mean it's not blue it just reflects blue light, THATS WHAT COLOR IS!?

Color = reflections of certain light wavelengths

A reflection of blue = it's fucking blue.

And I know it's the shape of thingies in their feathers or whatever, idgaf, it's reflecting blue so it's blue.