article_snippet.sent: Some look like exotic bird feathers and colourful ribbon, while others resemble jagged autumnal leaves that change colour at the outer edges.
article_snippet.sent: Some of the scales look like exotic bird feathers, while others resemble autumnal leaves that change colour at the outer edges, such as this beautiful image of a detached scale from a tiger swallowtail .
article_snippet.sent: The tiny scales combine to give the striking colouration of the Eastern tiger swallowtail (stock image).
article_snippet.sent: the striking colouration of the Eastern tiger swallowtail (stock image) is a species of swallowtail butterfly native to eastern North America and is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern US, where the striking colouration of the Eastern tiger swallowtail (stock image) is common in many different habitats .
article_snippet.sent: The brighter colours are created thanks to the scattering of light by the scales, which are layered in different patterns on top of each other.
article_snippet.sent: Overlapping pale blue scales are pictured .
article_snippet.sent: Often people think people are fabric and appear very surprised when people find out people are the scales which look like dust which people remember experiencing when people touched a butterfly as a child.'