All revealed in see through butterflies in SciTech Daily 17 June 2021, Science (AAAS) News 21 June 2021 and Journal of Experimental Biology 28 May 2021, doi:10.1242/jeb.237917. Clearwing, or glass wing butterflies have large transparent regions in their wings that are distinct from other transparent insect wings in that they are also very non-reflective, with […]
How butterflies hear, according to articles in Journal of Experimental Biology , vol. 212, p3533, and ScienceDaily 22 Oct 2009. Insects have been found to have ears on just about any part of their body. These usually consist of a taut membrane that vibrates when exposed to sound and is connected to nerve cells. Scientists […]
How butterflies drink described in ScienceNOW: ScienceShots. Butterflies feed using a long proboscis that looks like a straw to draw up many different fluids including water, nectar and juices in rotting fruit. However, fluid dynamics researchers have found that it actually works by capillary action, like a paper towel, rather than the pumping or sucking […]
Gyroscope control for moths reported in Science, vol. 315, p863, 9 February 2007. Sanjay Sane of the University of Seattle has been researching how moths maintain stability in flight when they are so light that any gentle breeze could blow them off course. He analysed high speed films of moths in flight and measured the […]
Mutant butterflies found in japan, according to an article in Nature Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/srep00570, 9 August 2012. Scientists from University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan have studied butterflies from the region affected by the release of radioactive materials from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant following the great earthquake in March 2011. They collected […]