The Library — Curios RSS

The Emerald Swallowtail produces its brilliant shifting bands through microscopic structures in its wing scales. Explore its iridescence, Philippine habitat, swallowtail biology and changing scientific classification.

The atlas moth is among the world’s largest moths, but its scale is only part of what makes it remarkable. Explore its transparent wing windows, brief adult life, feathered antennae and peculiar snake like wing tips.