Ultrasound absorbers: false-colour 3D representation of a 0.21×0.28 mm wing section of the moth Lasiocampa quercus showing the structure, diversity, and arrangement of base scales (orange) and cover ...

Tiny light-scattering structures that give today’s butterflies and moths their brilliant hues date back to the days of the dinosaurs. Fossilized mothlike insects from the Jurassic Period bear textured ...

Researchers in Germany have found the earliest known fossil evidence of insects from the order Lepidoptera. By analyzing a drilled sediment core that dates to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, they ...

From within rocks, a few dozen fossils nearly too small to see with the naked eye can tell an important history of the evolution of moths and butterflies. About 200 million years ago, an ancient ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...life-microscope.html<BR><BR>I like the one of the moth wing scales the most so far, and think the first one should be in a FPS somewhere.

Earth day is Friday, April 22nd, and Proof is celebrating all week. This is the first post in a five-day series about our planet. Look closely at the Atlas moth above and you’ll see that one of these ...