Like shiny things? Well put aside your love for jewelry and check out these gold (Chrysina aurigans) and silver beetles (Chrysina limbata) whose shiny metallic shells come in handy for blending into tropical rainforests of Costa Rica.
Water droplets are everywhere in a tropical rainforest, reflecting light in all kinds of directions. This creates the perfect place for a shiny gold or silver beetle to blend in and appear as a flash of light, fooling potential predators. These beetles have a great disguise for the tropical rainforest, but they sure would stand out if they lived somewhere else. Can you imagine one of these guys trying to blend in on a field of grass! What helps you stay incognito in one environment might make you stand out in another, so what kind of camouflage would you use to blend into a city, park or your backyard? Green and brown splotches, black stripes or a shiny blue coat? Tell us your answer in the comments section below.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-04/osoa-bbr042511.php
cool!!!!I would be the green stuff cause it will look like someone barfed
or it could be random grass in the middle of the street, whitch is rare.
I agree how do we save’ em?????Who knows?
Cool i want to see one
I would pick shiny blue because it would be cool to run around in it. the gold and silver beetles are reallly cool.
cool
i would like to pick both just because i like bugs
that is really cool! but we we should save these animals
THAT IS DISGUSTING! BUT I LIKE SILVER AND GOLD ONE DAY I COULD BE RICH WITH SILVER AND GOLD!!
awesome! i love bugs!
Whoa, they must be endangered or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cooooooooooooooool