Vik's Gallery:   Splendid Fairy-wren (3/8)

PASSERIFORMES: Maluridae

Malurus splendens  

Nominate race splendens of Western Australia.

While some of us think the Splendid Fairy-wren is a beautiful cute creature, our opinion is probably not shared by the likes of this poor moth which is being beaten to death against the branch of a shrub.

The Splendid Fairy-wren's dark deeds fill the air with detached hairs from his victim.