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Jewel bettle.

Plusiotis sp

Description:

This silvery scarab is one other name for this wonderfull insect,. This insect can sense polaraized light. This light move in circular direction and we can only detected it as a bright glare from the sun on a clear day, but some insects can see it just as we see colors , We don´t know the reason why the scarb bettle produces a sustance in the hard outer skin that causes this unusual reflection it most be in order to see each other and distracted, potential predators.

Habitat:

Rainforest and Cloud Forest

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1 Comment

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 11 years ago

Estos escarabajos tienen la capacidad de puede percibir la luz polarizada

Jonathan Sequeira
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Jonathan Sequeira

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 10, 2012
Submitted on Aug 13, 2012

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