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πŸͺ² Beetles

Jewel Desert Beetle

Julodis cirrosa

About

A strikingly colorful jewel beetle with tufts of hair along its body. It inhabits arid Mediterranean and desert-edge scrublands.

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Did You Know?

Its iridescent coloring comes from microscopic layers in its exoskeleton, not pigments.