“Anthony”
the butterfly
Scientific
name: Heliconius melpomene cythera
Geographic location: South America
Artist: Jessa Huebing-Reitinger
Medium: Pastel on Wallis grit paper 22” x 38”
2003
Performance venue: The Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City, MO. USA
“Anthony”
is known to come from South America and the specimen was provided
by the Kansas State Insect Zoo. Butterflies go through 4 stages
in their life cycle and make some miraculous changes during
the process. The stages are; egg, caterpillar, chrysalis,
and butterfly. The most astonishing transformation is hidden
within the chrysalis as the once before caterpillar breaks
down into a soup like mush. Then, over a period of 10 to 14
days (unless wintering over) the mush will metamorphosis into
a completely different form, the butterfly.
“Anthony”
is named after James’s father, Thomas Anthony Reitinger.
Project InSECT wouldn’t have been possible without Mr.
and Mrs. Reitinger's financial contributions. This is our
way to say thank you, and thus believing is seeing.
