Wet Season Eyespots (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Wet Season Eyespots

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During the wet season, this Bycyclus anyana butterfly has large, bright eyespots that help it avoid the most important predator at that time -- praying mantids.

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(Photo by William Piel, courtesy of Oregon State University)

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