Exhibit
Garden Butterfly stereogram
A butterfly spreads its wings inside a scatter of confetti — two big forewings above, two smaller notched hindwings below, and a pair of thin antennae. Rendered live on your device with a fixed seed (confetti, depth 22, seed 1104).
Reveal answer
Rendered locally in your browser — nothing is downloaded from or uploaded to a server. Stuck? Open "Reveal answer" to see the depth map you are looking for, then fold it away and try again.
Hold the screen at arm's length and look through it, as if focusing on something behind the glass. The pattern will blur, double, and then snap into depth. New to this? The two-dot drill in How to View makes it much easier.
What is hidden in this image
A butterfly seen from above, perfectly symmetrical about its body. The two upper wings are large and rounded; the two lower wings are noticeably smaller, with a clear notch where each meets the upper wing. Between them runs a slim body, topped by a small head and two thin antennae ending in tiny knobs. The antennae are drawn thin on purpose — thick ones would read as extra wings.
Where to look first
The big forewings lock in first — they carry most of the depth in the piece. Once they are steady, drop to the smaller hindwings and check the notch between upper and lower wing on each side; that indentation is what separates a butterfly from a generic winged blob. Save the antennae for last: they are the finest detail in the image.
Why this silhouette and texture
The whole design rests on contrast — big wings against small wings, solid wings against hair-thin antennae. Confetti's multicoloured flecks suit a butterfly, and because the flecks are small, the wing edges stay crisp even where the outline curves tightly.
What may be hard to see
The antennae fade at thumbnail size and on small phone screens; view at full arm's length if they vanish. The hindwing notch needs a steady fuse — if the lower wings look like a single oval, keep relaxing your gaze. In our editorial judgement this is the trickiest of the six animal pieces, because its identity lives in its finest lines. That is a guideline, not a measured success rate.