After yesterday's Rainbow Rose, Brian Cole sent me information about the rainbow wasp. When given coloured paper, they create a rainbow nest.
What else is there in nature that is a living rainbow? Here's the rainbow wasp. It is also called the coocoo wasp.
Here's the rainbow ant. It is known as the pharaoh ant and is small and almost transparent, which makes it seem even smaller. One can buy a big transparent any nest and feed transparent ants different colours and have a living rainbow!
Here is the rainbow shield bug - it is Scuterlleridae and not a beetle.
Here it is with water drops.
The red-banded leafhopper.
The rainbow scarab
Peacock Spider
We haven't even started on locusts yet. Here's the Rainbow Milkweed locust
Let's move up the animal kingdom - the rainbow snake
The rainbow lizard
The rainbow parrot
This is the Lilac-breasted Roller from Africa
At the top of the animal kingdom - the rainbow butt of the Mandrill
Are there any rainbow people? Wikipedia tells me there are: the Rainbow Family of Living Light. It has been in existence since around 1970, inspired by the first Woodstock Festival, and is a loose affiliation of individuals. It has a Rainbow Gathering every year.
Our picture today was captured in Toronto - where the the light through the kitchen window was at an angle that made for great prism images. I haven't found the same here in Grimsby.
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