Butterfly wing scale. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a scale from the wing of a butterfly. All butterflies and moths have many transpa

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Butterfly wing scale. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a scale from the wing of a butterfly. All butterflies and moths have many transparent scales on their wings, which have tiny ridges on them. These ridges break up and reflect light, giving the wings their shimmering iridescent appearance.

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Photo credit: © MARTIN OEGGERLI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, animal, biological, biology, butterfly, close-, coloured, detail, entomological, entomology, false-colour, false-coloured, fauna, insect, insecta, invertebrate, invertebrates, iridescence, iridescent, lepidoptera, lepidopteran, nature, ridge, ridges, scale, sem, wildlife, wing, zoological, zoology