Do you know
what gives
butterflies' wings their colour?
Brainstorm
with your
partner and tell each other your hypotheses.
Visit the
following
websites to see if your predictions were correct.
Butterfly wing
Amazing
bodies
View the
following page
to see the scales enlarged.
Scales on the Bolorioa silene butterfly wing
Butterfly
scales (Scroll down a page)
Monarch
butterfly wing with scales and scent gland
Swallowtail
butterfly wing scales
Butterfly
scales
Create your own colourful butterfly online
and choose its body shape, wing shape and wing pattern.
Butterfly discovery
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