Julodimorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:[1]
In 1983, entomologists Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz reported on male Julodimorpha saundersii (confused at that time with the closely related J. bakewelli[2]) observed attempting to copulate with discarded brown stubbies (a type of beer bottles) studded with tubercules (bobbly bits).[3] This work won them the 2011 Ig Nobel Prize in biology.[4] This is an example of a supernormal stimulus.
Julodimorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
