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You know when you kill a mouth you get this powdery chalk on your hands. Almost like sute from a fire. Why is that?

2006-08-21 04:03:25 · 3 answers · asked by MadHatter 1 in Environment

3 answers

Do you mean a MOTH?

That's material from their wings

5. Why do butterflies have dust on their wings?

The dust on butterfly wings are modified hairs called scales. The scales have at least 4 functions, not necessarily on the same butterfly species:
(a) They form patterns of bright colors, sometimes with hidden ultraviolet pattern, that are used as signals to the other sex in attraction for mating.
(b) The bright colors are used to advertise particular butterfly's bad tastes to predators. This protects them from being eaten.
(c) The scales may form patterns that help the butterflies blend into their background and thus escape being eaten by birds or other animals by background resemblance.
(d) Dark colors formed by the scales can be used by butterflies to soak up warmth from the sun that allows their bodies to warm up to flight temperatures in cool seasons or cool environments. Remember butterflies are cold-blooded.

2006-08-21 04:21:44 · answer #1 · answered by Iridium190 5 · 1 0

Stop kissing the blackboard, it will eventually go away.

2006-08-21 11:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2014-11-20 04:26:44 · answer #3 · answered by anna 3 · 0 0

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