“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 ...

Nipam Patel, a professor in the Molecular & Cell Biology Department at the University of California, Berkeley, studies the thousands of tiny cells, known as scales, on butterflies’ wings. From a ...

(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 ...

So butterfly farming not only helps boost conservation efforts in the country but also drives money into those small communities. The Butterfly House spends $3 for each blue morpho it sources from El ...

PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - September is Blue Morpho Butterfly Month at Callaway Gardens' Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. Typically there are more than 1,000 tropical butterflies of various kinds flying ...

By EDWARD M. EVELD The Kansas City Star Updated March 06, 2015 4:24 PM Blue Morpho butterfly ...

Figure 1: Morpho butterfly scales, when doped with single-walled carbon nanotubes, efficiently upconvert mid-infrared radiation into visible iridescence changes.

The blue morpho butterfly is arguably the most glamorous insect on the planet, and you’d know instantly if you saw one. Spanning wider than your hand, its wings flash an iridescent blue sheen so ...

Enlightening insects: Morpho butterfly nanostructure inspires technology for bright, balanced lighting Researchers at Osaka University use randomly arranged self-cleaning nanopatterns to realize a ...