SCIENTIFIC BUDDY

You’ve probably met thousands of bugs and insects around. But have you encountered a creature that seems to be made of silver and resembles the look of shiny metal?   Plus, I'll tell you why people use them as jewelry. So let's meet the silver beetle ! A QUITE RARE SIGHT OF THE SILVER BEETLE There was a good day in Costa Rica, a farmer named Michael was doing his work in his garden when a twinkling thing caught his sight. The tiny thing, sparkling like a tiny star at the night during the day. What was that?  He realized that it was a tiny creature when he saw it move slowly, slowly like a graceful beetle. According to him, “that was one of the most beautiful things he has ever seen”. SOMETHING ABOUT THE BEETLE Also called jewel beetles, these pretty insects belong to a diverse group of beetles called scarabs, so rhinoceros and dung beetles are their cool close cousins! Actually, they are not one certain species , this is an ability found only in their group, an example is the...