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November 17, 2005

Butterflies shine brighter by design

Filed under:  — cyberhobo at 1:34 pm

I was surprised enough to learn a month or so ago that moth and butterfly wings are covered in scales. Now it looks like for some species the scales are phototonic crystals that make the wings intensely fluorescent.

Butterflies shine brighter by design


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