Beetle iridescence a deceptive form of warning coloration

ScienceDaily
May 3, 2022, 6:13 pm282 pts
A new study published today in Animal Behaviour shows for the first time that brilliant iridescence and gloss found in some animals can have a protective function by working as a form of deceptive warning coloration, and that it is the key feature of iridescence, its changing colors, that is important for this…

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