{"product_id":"libelulas-sp","title":"Libelulas sp.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIES \u003c\/strong\u003e Libelulas sp. \/ \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eZenithoptera viola\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eORIGIN\u003c\/strong\u003e  Peru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFRAME \u003c\/strong\u003e  14.5x14.5xD5cm Made from recycled products. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/strong\u003e  AKA Morpho dragonfly. Metallic blue wings on this small but pretty male dragonfly. The wing colours are iridescent and look different when viewed at an angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Blue pigment, rare in nature, is nowhere on these wings. Instead, the wings, perhaps powered by abundant oxygen, create a living layer cake of light-manipulating doodads.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tough inner layers, male \u003cem\u003eZ. lanei \u003c\/em\u003ewings form nanoscale spheres sandwiched between blankets of black pigment–filled nanolayers. This setup can enhance reflections of blue light and muddle other wavelengths. On top are two more light-trick layers, each made of wax crystals. The uppermost crystals, Guillermo Ferreira found, are shaped “like little leaves.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe blue wings might help a male intimidate rivals for breeding territory around the edges of their palm tree swamp homeland. Male dragonflies don’t just dart and bluff. Guillermo Ferreira often sees a male “rushing toward the rival, grabbing the wings, biting the wings and then sometimes biting the head.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"article-footer__citations-heading___6rnra\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003eCITATIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003eR. Guillermo-Ferreira et al. \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/13\/5\"\u003eThe unusual tracheal system within the wing membrane of a dragonfly\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBiology Letters\u003c\/em\u003e. Vol. 13, May 2017. doi: 10.1098\/rsbl.2016.0960.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"footer-updated-feb-2024.jpg\" class=\"__mce_add_custom__\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3153\/6811\/files\/footer-updated-feb-2024_397a1c60-bc9f-42c6-8cc2-e56204205ff2.jpg?v=1782195187\" title=\"footer-updated-feb-2024.jpg\" width=\"503\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bits \u0026 Bugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265360085163,"sku":"BALI3 - 100401","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3153\/6811\/files\/BALi3_dragonfly_1__60209.1678423912.1280.1280.jpg?v=1782210688","url":"https:\/\/bitsandbugs.com\/products\/libelulas-sp","provider":"Bits \u0026 Bugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}