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animalworld: Iridescence in DOGBANE LEAF BEETLES(Chrysochus auratus) - ©George Grall The dogbane leaf beetle has a special type of color that shines and changes as the insect changes position or we change position looking at it. This changing color is called iridescence. The beetles’ iridescence is produced by special body structures and light. The surface of the body parts of this beetle is made up of stacks of tiny, slanting plates, under which is a pigment (substance that produces color). Some light rays reflect from the surface of the plates, and other light rays reflect from the pigment underneath. At different angles, the light reflects at different speeds, causing interference and resulting in our seeing different colors that shine. Fact Source: http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/prairie/htmls/popups/insects_dgbeetle.html Other photos you may enjoy: Iridescence in Snakes Art using iridescent Frog-leg Beetles Iridescent Sheen on a Rainbow Boa —- rhamphotheca: Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus) - photo: George Grall (via: National Geo)

animalworld:

Iridescence in DOGBANE LEAF BEETLES(Chrysochus auratus) - ©George Grall

The dogbane leaf beetle has a special type of color that shines and changes as the insect changes position or we change position looking at it. This changing color is called iridescence. The beetles’ iridescence is produced by special body structures and light. The surface of the body parts of this beetle is made up of stacks of tiny, slanting plates, under which is a pigment (substance that produces color). Some light rays reflect from the surface of the plates, and other light rays reflect from the pigment underneath. At different angles, the light reflects at different speeds, causing interference and resulting in our seeing different colors that shine.

Fact Source: http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/prairie/htmls/popups/insects_dgbeetle.html

Other photos you may enjoy:

Iridescence in Snakes

Art using iridescent Frog-leg Beetles

Iridescent Sheen on a Rainbow Boa

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rhamphotheca:

Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus) - photo: George Grall

(via: National Geo)

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