A very shiny coppery green ball on a white background. You can see a head with eyes and other body parts fitting together perfectly as the ball-like beetle is ticked away, laying on its back.
A very shiny coppery green ball on a white background. It's upright and the ball-like beetle is slowly opening below.
The beetle on the white background is on it's back and gully opened up. You can see its legs and antennae stretching out.
A very shiny coppery green beetle on a white background. It is now crawling, splayed out compared to its hidden ball form.
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Like a copper bead that comes to life, this little contracile scarab #beetle is as charismatic as can be 🥰 There's something mechanical & robotic about its transformation into a tight little ball to hide from danger.
#Hybosoridae: #Ceratocanthus
Costa Rica (August)
