not caring if people think you’re stupid is a life hack. recognising that you are kind of stupid is an even bigger life hack. we build entire societies to take care of each other bc we’re all kind of stupid. it’s fine.
With
Chrysina limbata
around, you won’t need a mirror! This species has an especially shiny exoskeleton, reflecting up to 97% of the light that hits it. In the wild, the mirror-like reflective surface may fool potential predators into thinking the beetle is just a drop of water- effectively serving as conspicuous camouflage.
(Image: Close-ups of
Chrysina limbata by Michael Farmer)
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Ok sorry just adding on more details cause I love this blog and wanted to add something. So one thing is that the way the reflector works is there are many thin layers of chitin one atop the other. (Specifically they’re chirped rather than stacked but that’s it’s own nightmare to explain).
So these layers all can reflect different types of light and when you combine them as a multilayer their effects stack and that’s how they get the 97% reflection rate.
Very cool, thanks for the addition!
One benefit of this by the way is that it serves as camouflage in environments where sunlight is shining off a lot of moisture :)
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