Iridescent beetle. Beetle (order Coleoptera) displaying metallic colours on its wing covers (elytra). Some tribal groups use iridescent elytra in cere

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Iridescent beetle. Beetle (order Coleoptera) displaying metallic colours on its wing covers (elytra). Some tribal groups use iridescent elytra in ceremonies and as adornments. Photographed in Petit-Saut, French Guyana.

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Photo credit: © PATRICK LANDMANN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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