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| Julodimorpha bakewelli from Australia | |
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| Genus: | Julodimorpha Gemminger & Harold, 1869 |
Julodimorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae.
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| Julodimorpha bakewelli from Australia | |
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| Genus: | Julodimorpha Gemminger & Harold, 1869 |
Julodimorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae.
Julodimorpha contains the following species:
In 1983, entomologists Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz reported on male Julodimorpha saundersii (confused at that time with the closely related J. bakewelli [1] ), which were observed attempting to copulate with discarded brown stubbies (a type of beer bottles) studded with tubercules (bobbly bits). [2] The beetles' behavior was an example of a supernormal stimulus. The report won Gwynne and Rentz the 2011 Ig Nobel Prize in biology. [3]
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