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Brilliant camouflage: photonic crystals in the diamond weevil, Entimus imperialis

The neotropical diamond weevil, Entimus imperialis, is marked by rows of brilliant spots on the overall black elytra. The spots are concave pits with intricate patterns of structural-coloured scales, consisting of large domains of three-dimensional photonic crystals that have a diamond-type structur...

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Auteurs principaux: Wilts, Bodo D., Michielsen, Kristel, Kuipers, Jeroen, De Raedt, Hans, Stavenga, Doekele G.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: The Royal Society 2012
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350696/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22378806
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.2651
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