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Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, [1] whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
The gossamer worm (Tomopteris, Neo-Latin from Greek meaning "a cut" + "wing" but taken to mean "fin") [3] is a genus of marine planktonic polychaetes. All described species are known to be holoplanktic , meaning that they spend their entire life cycles in the water column.
The adult butterflies only lay one set of eggs. The azure's eggs are laid singly on the flower buds of a host plant, though several eggs may be on the same plant. [2] The eggs are a pale green. [2] The larvae range in coloration from a yellowish green in the early stages of life to a reddish brown. [6]
Common names for it include gossamer wattle, weeping acacia and white sallow wattle. [1] It grows up to 6m in height, but there is a commercial form available which only grows to about 1m tall. Its cream-colored flowers occur in the early Spring (August to September in the southern hemisphere ).
The Gossamer Project (or Gossamer Archive), a large X-Files fan fiction archive; Gossamer (Looney Tunes), a character in the Looney Tunes cartoons; Gossamer, alias of two different DC Comics superheroes, Ayla Ranzz and Jay Nakamura
Megasyrphus laxus (Osten Sacken 1875), [1] the black-legged gossamer fly, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed throughout North America. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers, from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich ...
Gossypium (/ ɡ ɒ ˈ s ɪ p i ə m /) [2] is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds.
In Tunisia, natural flower water is produced from its flowers. In Chile and Argentina, where it is known in Spanish as "Rosa Mosqueta", it is cultivated to produce marmalades and cosmetic products, and has escaped into the wild in and near the Andes.