Joel Kontinen
God has used nature in a way that which we would call not use. For instance, when it comes to camouflage, we would not suppose that a jewel beetle would look like a brooch.
But this is the perfect disguise for the jewel beetle (Sternocera aequisignata), scientist say. in a study conducted ibn the UK, Birds were up to three times less likely to find worms in the iridescent wing cases than in the noniridescent ones, the team reported a few day ago in Current Biology.
Source:
Ortega, Rodrigo Pérez. 2020. This shiny beetle case is a surprising form of camouflage. Science 23 January,
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