Trait CollectionSensory & Stealth
Iridescent
Microscopic structural nanostructures in feathers, scales, or wings that refract light into vivid shifting colors.
2 creatures with this trait
Emerald Cockroach Wasp
Ampulex compressa
The wasp that stings a cockroach in the brain, then walks it by the antenna into a burrow where its larva eats it alive.
Industrial Metal & Cyber-ThrashView →
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Iridescent member of the pheasant family whose feathers get their color from a two-dimensional photonic crystal, and whose train rattles out a broadband, pulsating sound.
2010s Pop & ElectropopView →