Wing folding

APPEARANCE. Adult dark insect, 2-4 mm in size, with wings folded over the body. 

Description Acdults red to green, Vio" long insects, resembling tiny cicadas with wings folded rooflike over the back. Nymphs oval, green to brown, wingless, Vm" insects. Found in eastern United States and Canada, Pacific Northwest, and California. 

FIGURE 5 Bat by MLB shown (a) with wings open and (b) with wings folded to 4-foot size. Source Stephen Morris, MLB Company, Palo Alto, California. 

Haulm (stem) The possibility of using winged bean haulm as a potential raw material for single cell protein production in the tropics has been investigated by Zomer et al. (78). Semi-sol id fermentation of haulm, using various fungi, yielded a product containing 20% true protein, a 30% increase over the native material. The fermentation also increased the sulfur amino acid content by 1.5 to 6 fold. 

In beetles, the front pairs of wings are transformed into hardened wing covers under which the soft hind wings are folded when not in use. This hard cover provides protection which may be a major reason for the successful evolution of this largest order in the animal kingdom. 

Harpoon Antiship Missile (US Navy). THE NAVY S HARPOON ANTISHIP MISSILE (McDonnell Douglas) has completed six of twenty scheduled full-scale flight tests following many launchings to test techniques and components (CD, October 1972). Harpoon has been fired successfully in its basic form from aircraft with a 300-pound, 30-inch booster from surface ships and from submarine torpedo tubes, with folded wings and booster enclosed in a buoyant capsule... 

Small fragmentation or antipersonnel bombs equipped with two folding wings which rotate and arm the fuze as the bomb descends. Designed to be dropped in clusters, the bombs are frequently fitted with antidisturbance or delay fuzes (See Fig)... 

In an unconscious mime of her emotions, the goddess wrapped her upper body in her arms, for all the world like a dove folding her wings. 

Use the ball tools to add dimension to the wings, or for a more modern butterfly, leave the thickness as is. You can also use a butterfly cookie cutter. Simply fold the cutout in half and dry as shown in the image. Gently place each set of wings on the folded foil or paper to dry. Once they are dry, create designs on the wings using either edible markers (available at cake and craft supply stores) or a small paintbrush dipped in various food colors mixed with lemon juice. Let dry. 

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