00979nas a2200133   4500008004100000245004400041210004400085260000800129300001400137490000700151520058700158100002600745856007400771       2006                        eng d00aPolarization properties of Scarabaeidae0 aPolarization properties of Scarabaeidae  cOct  a7944-79500 v453 aBeetles of the scarab family are known to reflect circularly polarized light from incident unpolarized light. They are unusual in that there are many animals that use polarized light in some form and several that actually create it, but there are few examples of the creation of circularly polarized light by animals. Scarabs have been measured with a spectropolarimetric reflectometer and are found to reflect light that is generally left-hand circularly polarized. Previous work is summarized, and what is believed to be new measurements of several scarab specimens are presented.1 aGoldstein, Dennis, H.  uhttps://scarabnet.myspecies.info/polarization-properties-scarabaeidae