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Real Rainbow Milkweed Locust

Real Rainbow Milkweed Locust

Regular price $75.00 USD
Regular price Sale price $75.00 USD
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Species: Phymateus saxosus 

Origin: Madagascar

Frame size: 6" x 6"

This brilliantly colored milkweed locust is offset against a linen background in a shadowbox frame to create the illusion of flight.

The brilliant colors are meant to warn predators that the locust is highly poisonous. When threatened, it produces a poisonous froth from openings beneath its wings. This toxin comes from the milkweed plant, which the locust eats, and is strong enough to kill animals and people. 

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