I’ve never even heard of the Glasswing butterfly, I thought i was looking at a picture of some arts and craftsy sculpture. Nope, those are real butterflies. They get to be about two and a half inches across and are mostly South and Central American, though they get as far north as Texas. The glasswing dudes lek, that is they get together in some forest opening in gnarly lepidopterous groups to out macho each other because that’s what turns on the glasswing dolls. It’s not like rutting elk charging each other, unfortunately, no fluttering menacingly at other males, but more about displaying their gnarliness, Muscle Beach butterfly style. I’m sure there’s a David Attenborough bit about it somewhere. But they sure are weirdly gorgeous, ain’t they though?