These Beetles Are Bright and Shiny… For Camouflage

These Beetles Are Bright and Shiny… For Camouflage

Posted July 11, 2020

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Jewel beetles are pretty eye-catching with their glossy, bright coloration. But if you were a small creature that needed to avoid predators, you might think that eye-catching is the last thing you’d want to be. But it turns out that their iridescence doesn’t hinder their camouflage…it IS their camouflage!

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https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/image-of-green-legged-metallic-beetle-or-jewel-beetle-or-metallic-wood-boring-beetle-gm1176768288-328240101
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rainbow_boa_peruvian.jpg
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