Image of the Day: Glimmering Mimic
This glow-in-the-dark giant cockroach (Lucihormetica luckae) may have evolved its association with bioluminescent bacteria to mimic a toxic click beetle.
WIKIMEDIA, PETER VRSANSKY AND DUSAN CHORVAT
See “Light-mimicking cockroaches indicate Tertiary origin of recent terrestrial luminescence.”
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