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These beetles might not be an alien symbiote that give you superpowers, but we think they're pretty stunning. 😍 Hailing from Washington D.C. to Brazil and many places any between, these specimens represent multiple families within the order Coleoptera. While the blues seen here are generally uncommon, beetles can be a wide range of colors from brown and black to shimmering golds and green. Researchers have many theories as to why this occurs, but none are agreed upon. You might recognize some a