Gallery of Colorful Wings

Gallery of Colorful Wings
A common hymenoptera wasp on a white background.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
Hymenoptera wasp against a dark background, revealing colorful wing patterns.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
A hymenoptera wasp wing on a white background.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
The wing of a hymenoptera wasp on a black background.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
A fruit fly against a black background reveals a rainbow-colored wing.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
A fruit fly wing on a white background.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
Against a black background, the fruit fly wing appears colorful.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
The wing of a common shore fly.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
A shore fly wing hides a colorful pattern.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
The wing of a fungus gnat looks brown and tan against a white background.
Gallery of Colorful Wings
In the right light, the fungus gnat wing is jewel-like.
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Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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