I  found a dead moth in a box. I saw its wings under a foldscope and saw that there were scales on the wings. I noticed that some scales had come off the wing. The color of the scales are light brown and different from the moth’s wings? Why is that?

I learnt that moths and butterflies have scales to get off spider’s webs. Also I noticed that they are not like turtle scales. If a moth enters a spider’s web it can easily get off because the scales come off. But what if it goes through many spider webs?

–Aditi, 1st grade.