Photographer Linden Gledhill isn’t content to photographing butterflies and moths in all their glory. He aims his lens at the he microscopic scales of their wings. The results are breathtaking.
Here’s Hypolimnas dexithea, or the Madagascar diadem.
Here is Papilio lormieri, the Central Emperor Swallowtail.

This is Precis rhadama, or the Brush-footed Butterfly.

And last, but not least—Argema mittrei, the Comet Moth.

Find more of Linden Gledhill’s astounding microscopic photography
here.And look for hidden beauty around you today!
Published on April 12, 2014 19:21