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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 day ago

The rain forest of Costa Rica where C. limbata lives has water suspended from leaves at ground level. Light is refracted in different directions, and it allows metallic beetles to fool predators.

In case anyone else was wondering how this could be effective camouflage. I wonder what happens if the predators are thirsty though.