Pachyrhynchus

Another beetle, this is a weevil in the genus Pachyrhynchus. The dots are made up of photonic crystalline arrays, similar in structure and appearance to opals. A stack of 20 images processed with Zerene Stacker and Topaz Clarity plugin in PS5.

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Brad Johnson]

Beetle jewelry.

[❀ Lynn]

Very pretty!

[Jason Daniels]

there is a group of men high up in the Mountains of PNG that wear beetle shells in their huge hats. Awesome stuff.

[bruni]

Awesome shot and explanation.

[chris]

Humans thought they were pretty clever when they came up with photonic crystals, but, as usual, Nature was there first. Great photo !

[Ginger Sanders]

Pretty dang interesting!

[Myrna O'Hara]

INteresting, and thanks so much for the bug info.