Brand: Scenic City Oddities
Insect Type: Beetle
Type: in resin
Material: Resin
Handmade: Yes
Country of Origin: United States
This is the one you will be receiving. These are SO COOL! VERY BLUE BUT DOES NOT SHOW WELL IN PICTURES!
w58g #4 These little display are so nice! Blue Leaf Beetle display for your collection! The display is approx. 1 3/4 x 2". Resin marble with an acrylic stand to display him!
Species: Chrysochus cobaltinus
C.cobaltinus beetles have established defensive behaviors in which they release toxic secretions from their pronotal and elytral glands. The pronotal is a protective hard shell that encompasses the beetle's thorax region; the elytral are the beetle's wings that rest on its side. When threatened, these beetles will begin to release small excretions through both of these glands. These secretions have been found to include the toxic cardenolide molecules. These cardenolides are the same toxins found in the Asclepias and Apocynum plants that make up the beetles' primary source of food. These molecules, though not toxic to C.cobaltinus, can fatally affect other organisms—including possible predators. These beetles have adapted resistance to cardenolide toxic effects and can further ingest these molecules. But besides digesting them, these beetles have found ways to incorporate them in defensive behaviors against predators. Studies found that C.cobaltinus (and C.auratus) have developed mechanisms to sequester these cardenolides in their pronotal and elytral glands; there, these molecules are stored to be released in the case of danger. The overall cardenolide concentration inside the bodies will remain low. But, if a predator threatens the beetle's survival, it can release small secretions that contain a high concentration of the cardenolides. It is an effective and resourceful strategy as other organisms cannot tolerate the toxin.
𝓢𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓬 𝓒𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓞𝓭𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼 - 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓬𝓪𝓫𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵🐇🔮✨
We do our best to insure all specimens, animals, insects and flora, used in our displays or offered by us are sustainably sourced.
Check us out! Please check out our other displays, they make wonderful Christmas, Birthday, Anniversary, and all special occasions and even Man Cave displays!
We also specialize in Antique Victorian Style displays, Dark Academia, Custom displays, insects and animals displays, Anthropomorphic, bone, jewelry and unique handmade items. We also offer lots of small items for your Curiosity cabinets.
If you purchase a second item with your order and send a note with the order that says "gift", we will include a gift with your order. All orders must have 2 or more items (not identical) to qualify. Our way of saying "Thank you" for looking!
All displays will be carefully packed to the best of our ability to insure a safe and damage free arrival. With Ground Advantage and Priority mail you will be covered by $100 worth of insurance. If damage occurs in shipping and your item was shipped with Ground Advantage or Priority mail, the post office now requires you to bring the package in to a postal center/office for inspection before any insurance payments will be approved and the item has to be in the original shipping box with all packing as you received still in box. Your refund will be processed once the package has been inspected and the receipt from the post office acknowledging the inspection is forwarded to us. This is an ordeal that no one wants to go through, including us, so we do our best to make sure no one has too!
Please contact us as soon as your receive if you would like to return the item. Returns are accepted if the request is received for the return within 14 days of the delivery and the return is received within 30 days of the delivery date. Return must be received in original condition, in original packaging.
On items that returns are accepted the following applies:
Paid shipping items: Return shipping to be paid for the buyer. Cost of original item refunded once the item is returned. Shipping costs are not refundable.
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Items that ship free and are returned for incorrect address or insufficient address will be charged a restocking fee or shipping fee to cover initial shipping costs and the balance refunded or given the option to purchase shipping for resending the item with corrected address.
If there was an original shipping fee and the item is returned for an incorrect or insufficient address and you would like the item resent, the option will be given to repurchase shipping. There are no refunds on initial shipping for an incorrect or insufficient address.
