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Only 1% of people can spot the butterfly in this tricky optical illusion

Thought a needle in a haystack was hard to find? How about a butterfly in a leaf pile?

Social media users��� eyes are pinwheeling over this mind-melting optical illusion in which viewers are challenged to find a butterfly camouflaged amongst autumn leaves.

In addition, anyone who puts their eye on the fly in five seconds is reportedly in the top 1% of brain teaser buffs.

The trippy photograph depicts a heap of brown and orange maple leaves with the flamboyant flutterer seemingly nowhere in sight.

DId you spot the butterfly?

Upon a second glance - visual butterfly collectors can spot the insect perched atop one of the leaves in the lower left-hand corner. The bug’s nearly impossible to spot as its rust-like coloration is indistinguishable from the leaf litter.

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