12164 MerckFamily's Old World Christmas
Measures approximately 3 1/2"
Mouth blown, hand painted, glass Christmas ornament from Merck Family's Old World Christmas. Yellow butterfly with beautiful glitter details.
From Wikipedia: Swallowtails differ from all other butterflies in a number of anatomical traits. Most notably, their caterpillars possess a unique organ behind their heads, called the osmeterium. Normally hidden, this forked structure can be everted when the caterpillar is threatened, or forced out with a gentle squeeze, and emits smelly secretions containing terpenes. The adults are often tailed like the forked tail of some swallows, giving the insect its name.
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