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tag image of the day butterfly imaging
Image of the Day: ButterflyNet
Nicoletta Lanese
| Aug 16, 2019
| 1 min read
Scientists used machine learning to analyze the coevolution of physical traits in butterflies.
Image of the Day: Solar Butterfly
The Scientist
and The Scientist Staff
| Oct 27, 2017
| 1 min read
The wings of black butterflies are inspiring the design of new solar-cell technology.
Image of the Day: Infrared Tumors
The Scientist
and The Scientist Staff
| Apr 18, 2018
| 1 min read
A camera inspired by butterfly eyes allows surgeons to see cancer cells during surgery.
Image of the Day
The Scientist
| Oct 28, 2012
| 1 min read
The Psyche (
Leptosia nina
) butterfly, shown here as a mating pair, is a weak flyer, making erratic movements as it bobs across the grass and rarely leaving ground level.
Image of the Day: Butterfly Kisses
The Scientist
| Aug 10, 2015
| 1 min read
These Julia butterflies (
Dryas iulia
) are drinking the tears of their turtle friends, a phenomenon known as lachryphagy.
Image of the Day: Structural Colors
Amy Schleunes
| Apr 14, 2020
| 2 min read
The films coating buckeye butterflies’ wing scales vary in thickness, creating a broad spectrum of iridescent colors.
Image of the Day: Baby Butterfly
The Scientist
| Oct 17, 2013
| 1 min read
The reddish lines visible inside this butterfly egg are the future mandibles of a speckled wood butterfly (
Pararge aegeria
) caterpillar.
Image of the Day: Butterfly Egg
The Scientist
| Sep 11, 2013
| 1 min read
Species in the
Pieris
genus of butterflies lay their eggs on leaves.
Image of the Day: Butterfly Eggs
The Scientist
| Jun 26, 2013
| 1 min read
Eggs from an unknown species of butterfly form a tight, grid-like pattern on the branch of a willow tree.
Image of the Day: Butterfly Antenna
The Scientist
| Jul 19, 2013
| 1 min read
Butterflies use their club-shaped antenna for balance as well as sensing odors, wind currents, and possibly the position of the sun.
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