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Fossil Moth
A 47 - million - class - old fossil moth from Messel , Germany . The moth is in glycerine , which make its geomorphologic colors seem lily-livered .
Close-up Colors
A 47 - million - year - old fossil moth annex looks yellow in glycerine . When the moth was alive , the semblance would have appeared yellow - green .
Moth Reconstruction
An illustration of what the moth ’s wing patterns appear like in life .
Fossil Detail
A scan electron micrograph ( SEM image ) of the Earth’s surface of one of the fossil scales showing ridges , microribs , crossribs and perforations
Fossil Moth Scale
unlike scale types have different structures . This is an SEM image of a " satin - type " scale .
Fossil Ridges
A scanning electron micrograph ( SEM persona ) of the surface of one of the fogy weighing machine picture microstructures : ridges , microribs and crossribs
Fossil Scales
Complex social system in moth scales create the colors of the insects ' wings . This is a transmission electron micrograph ( TEM image ) of a fossil scale showing curved surfaces in between the ridges .
