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THIN FILM INTERFERENCE in parasitic wasp CLOSTEROCERUS COFFEELLAE ©Ekaterina Shevtsova and Jostein Kjærandsen Pictured are color patterns, called wing interference patterns, on the transparent wings of the parasitic wasp Closterocerus coffeellae. Ekaterina Shevtsova et al. report that the insects’ diaphanous wings display vivid color patterns produced by a phenomenon called thin film interference. The manner in which the insects display their wings against various backgrounds determines the visibility of the patterns, suggesting that the patterns play an important role in visual signaling among insects. See the article by Shevtsova et al. on pages 668–673.  Fact Source: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/2.cover-expansion —- rhamphotheca: A female Closterocerus coffeellae, a fly collected in Colombia, looks drab against a white background and shines against black. (via: Live Science)

THIN FILM INTERFERENCE in parasitic wasp CLOSTEROCERUS COFFEELLAE

©Ekaterina Shevtsova and Jostein Kjærandsen

Pictured are color patterns, called wing interference patterns, on the transparent wings of the parasitic wasp Closterocerus coffeellae. Ekaterina Shevtsova et al. report that the insects’ diaphanous wings display vivid color patterns produced by a phenomenon called thin film interference. The manner in which the insects display their wings against various backgrounds determines the visibility of the patterns, suggesting that the patterns play an important role in visual signaling among insects. See the article by Shevtsova et al. on pages 668–673. 

Fact Source: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/2.cover-expansion

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rhamphotheca:

A female Closterocerus coffeellae, a fly collected in Colombia, looks drab against a white background and shines against black. (via: Live Science)

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