Louise McDonald, A flying ant floating on a pond (Single Shot 2020)

A flying ant floating on a pond at the Mount Coot-tha Botanical gardens. Interestingly, the ants transparent wings show beautiful rainbow colours on a black background. This is because they are made from two compressed layers of chitin allowing light to bounce off both layers and mix to produce an iridescent effect.

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