Butterfly Wings are LEDs!

Posted by Alex in Animal, Science & Tech on November 20, 2005 at 12:35 pm


Peter Vukusic and Ian Hooper at the University of Exeter, UK discovered that the fluorescent patches of butterfly wings work like light emiting diodes (LEDs).

From the website: "When scientists developed an efficient device for emitting light, they hadn’t realised butterflies have been using the same method for 30 million years."

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One comment to "Butterfly Wings are LEDs!"

  1. Nina
    November 21st, 2005 at 10:04 pm

    That is cool! I love butterflies!


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