Sentences with phrase «dragonfly wings»

Irridescence and translucence is a feature within the trend, replicating snakeskins, butterfly and dragonfly wings.

The incredibly lightweight biome structures were inspired by both soap bubbles and dragonfly wings to create delicate, but very strong shelters for the various climate regions.

Compared to cicada nanopillars, the ones on dragonfly wings are taller and skinnier, and they can kill gram - positive bacteria.

First discovered 4 decades ago in dragonfly wings, resilin out - stretches and out - bounces every known human - made material.

In the July 8 SN: DNA traces many roads to domestication, seeking quantum supremacy, the 25th anniversary of the qubit, bones» secret messages, how monkeys see faces, redating Homo sapiens, a record - breaking gas giant, strange dragonfly wings and more.

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I'm inspired by the nature all around me, the beautiful, bright petals of a summer bloom, uplifting chirruping of birdsong, the hopping of a bunny, raindrops on the window panes, the beautiful iridescence of a dragonfly body, it's lacy wings — oh, you get the idea, I'm a bit of a nature daydreamer!

The blue wings of this dragonfly may be surprisingly aliveTiny tubes between veins in the shimmery blue wings of morpho dragonflies (shown above) may be respiratory...

In 2015, researchers found that the wings of the dragonfly Zenithoptera lanei, though similar in appearance to Morpho wings, get their color from waxy crystals that cover layers of the pigment melanin.

The plane Borschberg and Piccard will take around the world, Solar Impulse 2, looks like a pearly dragonfly, its narrow, wedge - shaped fuselage balancing a single, improbably long wing.

Because they're flexible, the wings of bees and dragonflies are able to direct the aerodynamic load in the direction of their flight, increasing the power.

«Microchip circuitry may be as invisible as the network of nerves on a dragonfly's wing,» Grossman writes.

There's a new long - distance insect flyer in town: a tiny dragonfly a mere 4 centimeters in length that wings its way over oceans and continents.

So what in the world were tiny respiratory channels doing in a wing membrane of a morpho dragonfly?

Inspired by dragonflies, butterflies, and the color story of my clutch, I wanted to wear something that with the motion of the wind would mimic wings.

It is said that the dragonfly's wings and magical songs revived her after she almost got killed.

It can be difficult to tell apart the yellow - winged darter from other dragonflies, especially in female specimens.

The red dragonfly featured in Animal Crossing is most likely a male specimen of Sympetrum flaveolum, colloquially known as the yellow - winged darter.

So that student looking up serendipity might also stumble on seraph, a celestial being having three sets of wings (kind of an angelic dragonfly), or the far less sublime serf, a slave, especially a member of the lowest feudal class in medieval Europe — a three - for - one bonus.

So while you're on the spread with the beautifully rendered, though nevertheless menacing, quetzalcoatlus (there's a helpful pronunciation key after every name), check out the flying fossils flap for a view of an absolutely disgusting (that's meant as a compliment) meganeura dragonfly, its wings delicately formed in clear plastic.

Commune with the hummingbirds, butterflies, dragonflies, honeybees and other winged tropical natives teeming throughout the garden grounds.

Beautifiul dragonflies with delicate wings dance over a canvas of blue and green.

Her dragonflies, bees, beetles, and butterflies take shape using carefully paired patterns and colors that form wings, bodies, and even delicate feet.

I want to see the return of those dragonflies with 2 ft. wing spans.

The turbine blade was inspired by the transparent wing of a dragonfly, from where the turbine gets its name.