Golden Eggs -- Research as Art Alumni Award Winner (IMAGE)
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This image, by Sarah Aldridge, shows the intricately patterned, golden surface of an egg belonging to a winged animal.
Though it may look like it could well belong to a dragon, this image's diameter spans less than 1 millimetre across.
This is a micrograph of a Wood Tiger Moth egg, and demonstrates the beauty, as well as the functionality of patterns such as these.
The symmetrical pattern is thought to act as a funnel, channelling sperm towards the pores that lie at the centre of the rosette, influencing the success rate for fertilisation during mating.
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Sarah Aldridge/ Swansea University
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