TITLE: Glasswing Butterfly.
DESCRIPTION: This species of butterfly falls victim to the attractions of one of the Gorge's introduced plants, the red-headed cotton bush, whose flowers are able to trap the butterfly's legs when it lands to feed. Once trapped they exhaust themselves struggling to get loose and eventually die.
CREDITS: Simon Ling.
LOCATION: CARNARVON GORGE.
COPYRIGHT: Simon Ling/Australian Nature Guides
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