Tracking God News - God Cares for His Creatures - Morpho
Butterflies
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Tracking God News Looking for the character and personality of
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Issue # 2 Editor: Ron McCluskey mailto:editor@trackinggod.com
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FEATURE ARTICLE, God Cares for His Creatures
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Some of the most brilliant butterflies in tropical America are
the butterflies of the genus Morpho. Many species are brilliant
metallic blue. A few of the females are metallic red. These
butterflies have a mirror like quality to the upper surface of
their wings. They can be seen from several miles away if they
are flying over the tops of the trees in the jungle. The sun
reflects off of their brilliant wings.
So, how does God protect these beautiful creatures? Apparently
they are good to eat, although I have never tried one. The birds
like to eat them. But, if they are so easy to see, how do they
survive? God has designed that the brilliant reflective surface
of the wings actually protect it!
If a bird sees the Morpho and starts to chase it, the butterfly
will fly down into the dense shadows under the jungle canopy.
Here, where it is dark, the upper surface of the wings looks
almost black and the bird will have trouble seeing the
butterfly. If the bird is still able to track the butterfly and
gets close to it, the butterfly will find a shaft of sunlight
coming down through the trees. It will then fly through it,
causing a FLASH of light to shine in the eyes of the bird. The
butterfly can then get away.
Once the butterfly gets away, it will land on a tree. God
designed the bottom of the wings to have great camophlage.
Because of this, the butterfly can land and safely hide.
Many years ago, I was trying to catch one of these butterflies.
I saw one flying toward me. I was sure that I was going to be
able to capture it. However, just before it got to me, it landed
on the trunk of a tree. Even though it was only a few feet away
from me when it landed, I could not see it again until if flew.
I walked over to the trunk of the tree and looked carefully at
all the shrubbery around the tree, but I could not see it.
God is very good at taking care of the Morpho butterfly.
Although very easy to see, it is very hard for any predator to
catch. God is very good at taking care of us too.
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When presenting this to a group, it helps to have a camera
flash. When you tell about the butterfly flying through a flash
of sunlight, have a specimen or picture of the butterfly and
trigger the flash at the butterfly. This will help the viewer
understand how it would be hard for the bird to follow it. You
can find some camera flashes that can be manually triggered
here: Camera World -