These were scraped onto a slide from a wing fragment. It was interesting to see some scales even appeared to have 2 or 3 colors in a single scale. However, with a 40X objective, the prismatic effects that produce a butterflies colors do not read.
Black Swallowtail Wing Scales
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Black Swallowtail Wing Scales
Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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Possible something might have been eating at them such as mites. This was a specimen a couple of years old, so that is a possibility.
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Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA