Examples of plants that different types of butterflies pollinate include: artichokes, basil, beans, cabbage, cauliflower, ...

The morpho butterfly appears blue but it isn't actually ... this is known as structural coloration and it's all about tricks of light. The blue side of the wing is covered in special scales.

Gleaming in the air, the iridescent blue morpho protects itself from predators using the power of light. Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue ...

Up to 20 layers of transparent scales on butterfly wings scatter white light to produce brilliant blue structural color. Alison Sweeney, Duke University, and collaborators at the Smithsonian ...

Some color we see is the insect's true pigment, and some is structural, or the way light reflects off a surface. When you see blue, purple, or white on a butterfly, that's a structural color ...

Researchers developed a nanostructured light diffuser that provides balanced lighting by diffracting blue and red light, and can be cleaned by simple rinsing with water. The diffuser consists of ...

Blue Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum ugandense) gets its name from the flowers. Each bloom has four light blue side petals that resemble butterfly wings, a fifth dark blue lower petal that resembles ...

The Fender’s blue butterfly has fluttered away from the brink of extinction. The species, once so rare it was thought to be extinct, is no longer considered endangered, according to a January 11 ...