“The scales grow in about 2-3 days from a first identifiable shape to the full scale, depending on the species of butterfly and the conditions of rearing.” ...

By SANDRA OKAMOTO - sokamoto@ledger-enquirer.com Updated August 16, 2010 6:54 PM ...

Butterflies, despite their delicate nature, showcase remarkable adaptations for survival. From the iridescent Blue Morpho in ...

(Flutter by the Dancing Wing's Butterfly Garden at Strong National Museum of Play through Labor Day for a special flight of fancy-Morpho Magic! This summer, Strong has stocked the garden with a ...

Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue butterfly has a short but stunning life. It is thought that the colour helps the males to mark their ...

5. Blue Morpho Belonging to the tropical areas of Latin America, the blue morpho is a striking butterfly. Its iridescent, vivid blue color consists of microscopic scales that reflect light off the ...

The tiny scales on a morpho butterfly’s wings, for example, are covered with minuscule ridges that have cross-ribs—a little like the profile of a fir tree. These formations refract specific ...

Using a low-temperature atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, materials scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology produced aluminum oxide (alumina) replicas of wing scales from a Morpho ...

Artificial Butterfly: Wing Scales Provide Template For Complex Photonic Structures Date: December 11, 2006 Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Summary: By replicating the complex micron- and ...