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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:43 PM
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What are these?
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:43 PM
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1. Butterfly scales?
:shrug:
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:44 PM
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2. Pretty good guess.
Close but no cigar. (Very close.)
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:47 PM
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10. Fish scales
Right?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:48 PM
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14. No.
You're in the neighborhood, but trotsky was closer.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:51 PM
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21. Moth scales...
:shrug:
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:54 PM
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24. BINGO!
And actually, some are butterfly scales, it turns out. Apologies to Trotsky. Bonus points to anyone who can tell which belong to moths and which to butterflies. (I don't know myself.)

Here's the most beautiful moth I think I've ever seen:




And an article about the purpose of their scales.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/science/18ESSA.html?8hpib
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:59 PM
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31. Taking a bow after many generous hints...
I'll say the fat roundish ones are moths, and the skinnier ones are butterflies.

Why not?
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:44 PM
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3. flowers magnified?
:shrug:
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:45 PM
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4. Not quite.
You're getting colder.
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:45 PM
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5. Tulips?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:46 PM
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6. No.
You're heading toward the arctic.
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histohoney Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:46 PM
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7. is it
coral?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:46 PM
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8. No.
You're in the arctic!
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:47 PM
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9. Snake skin?
n/t
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:48 PM
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13. Nuh-uh
But you're getting warmer again.
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neuvocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:47 PM
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11. Fish scales?
Snake scales?

Weight scales?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:49 PM
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15. No. No. And no again.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:47 PM
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12. Lizard scales?
The bottom one looks like my iguana
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:49 PM
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17. Must be a beautiful iguana.
But these are not lizard scales.
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:49 PM
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16. Hummingbird feathers!
I bet!
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:50 PM
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19. You bet wrong, alas.
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histohoney Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:49 PM
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18. Fish scales/
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FunBobbyMucha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:50 PM
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20. Medical textbook photos from
"Diagnosing Mermaid STD's?"
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:51 PM
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23. Interesting guess.
:crazy:
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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:51 PM
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22. Parrot feathers
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:55 PM
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26. No. They're moth scales.
See post 24.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:56 PM
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27. No. They're moth scales.
See post 24.
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histohoney Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:55 PM
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25. dragonflies
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:56 PM
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28. people?
n/t
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ZenLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:57 PM
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29. Your brain on drugs?
?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:57 PM
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30. My brain should only be so beautiful on or off drugs!
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