Mourning Cloak Butterfly Enamel Pin leafhopper The Brazilian purple velvet worm

The Brazilian purple velvet worm looks like a cartoon character

double-posted pin comes carded on our kraft Bug Box backer

With its bold neon pinks and blues against deep black nickel metal

and comes on a Bug Box backer card featuring the species name and facts

Eupholus feeds on wild yam

Mourning Cloak Butterfly Enamel Pin leafhopper The Brazilian purple velvet wormFound throughout the northern hemisphere, this butterfly favors mountainous habitats but is known to migrate and occasionally appear in the southern United States and even Japan. Although it does not breed in the British Isles, its appearances in the summer and autumn have given it two more common names, Camberwell Beauty and Grand Surprise. In its northern European range, most names translate roughly to mourning cloak, after the dark petticoat