Argope rosea
Thin film
Contour grain
Argope rosea, Nº 0820
sheen 0.50 · grain 150 cy · relief 5.0 · film 0.34
From an uploaded image
Colour here is not pigment. Light entering the wing membrane reflects from its upper and lower surfaces at once, and the two returning paths interfere — cancelling some wavelengths, reinforcing others. The path difference changes with the angle you look from, so the hue moves as the light does.
made by Dwija Patel