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The insect order Zoraptera, commonly known as angel insects, contains small and soft bodied insects with two forms: winged with wings sheddable as in termites, dark and with eyes (compound) and ocelli (simple); or wingless, pale and without eyes or ocelli. They have a characteristic nine-segmented beaded (moniliform) antenna.
Pleurocybella porrigens is a species of fungus in the family Phyllotopsidaceae.The species is widespread in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere. [2] P. porrigens, known as the angel wing, is a white-rot wood-decay fungus on conifer wood, particularly hemlock (genus Tsuga). [3]
Close-up of a Caligo wing. The underwing pattern is highly cryptic.It is conceivable that the eye pattern is a generalized form of mimicry.It is known that many small animals hesitate to go near patterns resembling eyes with a light-colored iris and a large pupil, which matches the appearance of the eyes of many predators that hunt by sight.
The Australian Flatwing Damselfly's wings are one of the few veins patterns. The venation pattern is useful for species identification. [49] Almost all Anisoptera settle with the wings held out sideways or slightly downward, however most Zygoptera settle with the wings held together, dorsal surfaces apposed. The thorax of Zygoptera is so ...
A silhouette (English: / ˌ s ɪ l u ˈ ɛ t /, [1] French:) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the silhouette is usually presented on a light background, usually ...
An angel wing is a bird-like wing on an angel, a kind of supernatural being in mythology, especially christianity. Angel wing or Angel wings may also refer to: Angel wing, a syndrome that affects aquatic birds in which the wing feathers pointing out laterally; Angel Wing (Glacier National Park), a mountain in Montana, US
Senecio candicans, commonly known as angel wings and sea cabbage, is a succulent flowering plant in the Senecio genus that is native to Argentina [2] and is grown as an ornamental plant elsewhere. [ 3 ]
A duck with angel wing A Muscovy duck with angel wing. Angel wing, also known as airplane wing, [1] slipped wing, crooked wing, and drooped wing, [citation needed] is a syndrome that affects primarily aquatic birds, such as geese and ducks, in which the last joint of the wing is twisted with the wing feathers pointing out laterally, instead of lying against the body.