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Green Flower Chafer - Metallic Red Variation 赤く輝くアオハナムグリ

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Uploaded by on Jun 11, 2008

Metallic red variation of green flower chafer (Eucetonia roelofsi, family Scarabaeidae) feeding on the flowers of Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus). Shining like a jewel in the sun. Early-June 2008 in Japan.

ハルジオンに潜って頻りに花を食べていました。赤く見えるのは光の加減(構造色のいたずら?)なのかと思ったら、アオハナムグリの赤い変異個体と教えてもらいました。「ク­チクラのタンパク質○○の点突然変異で結晶構造がこのように微小変化し、結果として構造色がこのようにシフトする」と突き止められた例はあるのだろうか、興味があります。

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