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Randomly rotated photoreceptors foil jewel beetle's polarization vision

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![Graphic][1] Jewel beetles don't hide their light under a bushel. Their glimmering metallic wing cases are prized by jewellery designers and adorned the dresses of Victorian gentlewomen. One gown, in… Click to show full abstract

![Graphic][1] Jewel beetles don't hide their light under a bushel. Their glimmering metallic wing cases are prized by jewellery designers and adorned the dresses of Victorian gentlewomen. One gown, in London's V&A Museum, is bedecked with more than 5000 shimmering emerald wing cases. Yet, no

Keywords: foil jewel; photoreceptors foil; jewel; jewel beetle; randomly rotated; rotated photoreceptors

Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Biology
Year Published: 2020

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