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The tan forewings have black spots, while their signature colorful hindwings have lower red and upper black patches, separated by a white section.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Their most notable feature are the spots ringed with white against the background of their gray forewings.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
Their triangular forewings propel them at up to 30 miles per hour.
—Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
They can be distinguished from other members of the genus by a small number of bristles on their forewings in addition to their slender legs, researchers said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
The top of its forewing is marked by white, translucent spots.
—Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
The forewings are light brown, with black spots at the front.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2023
Their forewings are light brown with black spots, and their hindwings are mainly red with black spots.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2023
My memory reeled back and forth in time, trying to come up with a more effectively frizzled nub of broccoli, another forewing that tempted me to lick every bit of flesh from the harplike frame of thin bones.
—New York Times, 13 July 2021
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Their most notable feature are the spots ringed with white against the background of their gray forewings.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
Their triangular forewings propel them at up to 30 miles per hour.
—Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
They can be distinguished from other members of the genus by a small number of bristles on their forewings in addition to their slender legs, researchers said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
The top of its forewing is marked by white, translucent spots.
—Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
The forewings are light brown, with black spots at the front.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2023
Their forewings are light brown with black spots, and their hindwings are mainly red with black spots.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2023
My memory reeled back and forth in time, trying to come up with a more effectively frizzled nub of broccoli, another forewing that tempted me to lick every bit of flesh from the harplike frame of thin bones.
—New York Times, 13 July 2021
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“Forewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forewing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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forewing
noun
fore·wing
ˈfō(ə)r-ˌwiŋ 
ˈfȯ(ə)r-
: either of the front wings of a four-winged insect
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