In the last few weeks, thousands of Painted Lady Butterflies have started migrating from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest through Central California. I’ve been enjoying watching them come through our area. They are quite pretty with orange/black/white wing tops and a delicate under wing with a lot of fine detail.
I found a few of them that had been killed by cars, so I decided to take some microscope images of their wings. The fine structure of their wing surface is neat to see up close. It’s impressive that such delicate creatures can migrate so far.
Michael Fuchs Photography 
Oh wow! I love the microscopic images!!
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the little scales on the wings remind me of cedar shakes
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Wow! The wing is so detailed/interesting under crazy zoom! Thanks, never knew!
Cheers,
-Gene
On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 10:10 PM Michael Fuchs Photography wrote:
> Michael Fuchs Photography posted: “In the last few weeks, thousands of > Painted Lady Butterflies have started migrating from Mexico to the Pacific > Northwest through Central California. I’ve been enjoying watching them > come through our area. They are quite pretty with orange/black/white wi” >
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The microscope images are a thrill for a textile lover
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