In fact, the moth uses extremely sophisticated physics to give the impression it is a leaf, says Kelley. “The scales of the moth’s wings are nanostructures,” says Kelley. These produce ...

Moth wings are scaled. Air trapped in the scales lifts them. The scales are beneficial to survival. If caught in a spider’s web, the scales detach. Unfortunately, these scales are colorful to ...

People are being urged to join the search for one of Scotland’s smallest species – a moth just a few millimetres long – to help save it from UK extinction. The tiny Highland nymph, which is ...