Its main identifying by its varied colors, ranging from gold, blue, green, purple, red and silver.
his life cycle is of forty days, in adulthood reaching measure between two and three centimeters.
their eating habits includes mostly wood borers typically prefer rotten or burnt wood. specialized in "smell" recently burned forests where prefer to lay their eggs, Thus the larvae of this beetle species can develop without competition The other insects have fled to other places that have not been deborados flames.
The ability to detect fires at great distances are given for a sense organs placed along the center legs of the animal called "sensilla". These bodies are able to detect infrared radiation. By absorbing this radiation, heat and emit a signal that directs the insect into the flames.
But there's more. also has other sensors. When your favorite trees burn perceives [via antennas] tiny amounts of certain substances thrown into the air fires. With these "smoke detectors" is able to locate a single smoldering tree at a distance of about a kilometer (over half a mile). The combination of these skills allows you to locate fire about 50 kilometers (over 30 miles) away.
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