Blue Rose Chafer Beetle
Cetonia aurata
Colored Pencil on Drafting Film
12" H x 9" W
These brightly-colored garden beetles are found in southern and central Europe. Their iridescence is due to the reflection of left circularly polarized light. If you look at them through a right circular polarizing filter, they appear colorless.
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