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uncommon
Schoenherr's Blue Weevil
Eupholus schoenherrii
- Habitat
- New Guinea rainforests, on Piper (pepper) vines
- Body length
- 30 mm
- Order
- Coleoptera · Curculionidae
Weird but real
Its electric turquoise bands aren't pigment at all — they're tiny photonic crystals bending light like an opal.
Why it's cool
A living gemstone that fakes its color with nanoscale architecture, outshining any paint a beetle could brew.
