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How Insects Fly in the Rain

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Water beads up on the surface of a butterfly's wing.

Viewed up close, the structure of an insect wing is rough and full of gaps for air.

This small-scale roughness encourages water to stick to itself rather than the surface, creating superhydrophobicity.

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