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Symmetry: Butterfly Wings

By Janice VanCleave

Butterfly wings are beautiful examples of symmetry, which means that the wings on one side of the body match the wings on the opposite side of the body. Instead of the word match, let’s say the wings are mirror images of each other. Mirror images will perfectly fit together. When a butterfly folds its wings […]

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