Real Blue Morpho Butterfly Working Pocket Watch Necklace

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★ This adorable vintage-style pocketwatch statement necklace is made with a real Blue Morpho butterfly wing embedded under magnified glass! It is a working pocketwatch that flips open to expose the clock inside! The species of the butterfly wing used is the rare "Morpho Rhetenor". (All butterfly wings sourced ethically and eco-friendly! Read more about how I get my butterfly wings below!). This gorgeous antique gold pocket watch body measures 1.5 inches x 2 inches and is on a long 30 inchchain. Comes with watch battery already installed.

The Morpho Rhetenor Butterfly (also known as the "Blue Atlas Morpho") is a rare morpho species found in the amazon rainforest in countries such as Peru & Brazil. The wings are an intense iridescent metallic blue in color that changes depending on how the light hits them. The color in the butterfly's wings is caused by the diffraction of the light from millions of tiny scales on its wings. It uses this to frighten away predators, by flashing its wings rapidly.

Each piece will arrive in its own custom gift pouch, ready to gift or keep, with literature on the species of butterfly, and a free die-cut sticker or magnet!
*NOTE* No Butterflies are harmed in the making of my jewelry! All butterflies are raised on butterfly farms and sanctuaries and allowed to live their full lifespan, which averages about 1 month, and then collected and sold so that their beauty can live on! Butterfly Farming actually helps to preserve rain forests and also assures the survival of natural butterfly habitats. Native people are encouraged to grow plants and raise insects opposed to clearing land for cash crops. I am a member of and donate to the Rainforest Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the Rainforest and the many species that live within it, including the Blue Morpho Butterfly!

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