Beauty and the beetle

Alison Mitchell

Nature, 1998, vol. 393, issue 6681, 121-121

Abstract: Charles Darwin might never have formulated his theory of natural selection had a passion for collecting beetles, among other things, not diverted him from his clerical studies. The diverse colours and structures of beetles still fascinate today, and one study has now looked at how two particular beetles get their bright colourings. It turns out that the structures that reflect light and produce the colour are very different, allowing these two beetles to be respectively camouflaged and conspicuous.

Date: 1998
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