More everyday insects from our lives

Butterfly Wing Scale Closeup Here is a higher magnification of part of a single scale. Red or yellow in a butterfly wing usually comes from tiny grains of pigments in the cells. Blue and green are not produced by pigments, but result from light bouncing off the shapes of the ribs and cell walls, like a prism. This is magnified about 14,000 times.

 

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Ant		Black Ant2		Black Ant3		Fly Kiss		Small Fly
Butterfly		Butterfly 2		Butterfly Wing		Scale 1		Scale 2
Moth Scale		Mantis Wing		Fly Haltere		Fly Wing		Fly Foot
Fly Head		Fly Egg		Aphid 2		Spider Hair