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16 Oct 2008

A detail of the moth's wing. With all the dust that comes from their wings when you touch them I didn't expect to see such fine and strange details – it's almost like plumage.

And a quick Google reveals they're scales (not just for fish anymore) "which are lost easily, as an evolutionary adaptation to prevent them getting caught in spider webs". Don't say I never teach you nuthin!

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