Beetle with Device (IMAGE)

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Beetle with Device

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Device used to carry out the direct reflectance measurements under normal incidence of non-polarized light on the elytron (forewing) of a beetle. The allowed displacements and rotations of the probe holder allow the researchers to focus the beam on the beetle’s elytron perpendicularly.

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Photo courtesy Optics Express/University of Costa Rica.

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