Infrared radiation 3 & 10-25 nano

Fire Beetles Melanophila

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DESCRIBES THE SENSORY ORGANS AS CONES NOT PITS + says water
AskNature
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Drawn to Flame: Fire Beetles Sense and Seek Out Wildfire
May 5, 2025 — Melanophila fire beetles find freshly burned wood by detecting wildfires from
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Journal of Luminescence
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022231306005011
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And... mammals, vampire bats have some similar ability, as I recall?

Some sources discuss what paryicular wavelengths of infrared radiation the beetles respond to best.
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"Phylogeny and classification of specific species depends, in part, on unique features. M. acuminata detect infrared radiation from fires at wavelengths of 3 and 10–25 μm [3]. The response of the sensory organs to other wavelengths is unknown. It was our purpose to explore the fluorescent activity of the sensory organs and determine whether they contain fluorophores. Fluorophores emit light in response to ..."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022231306005011

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melanophila wavelengths

The Melanophila acuminata beetle is most sensitive to infrared radiation in the 2.8–3.5 micrometer (µm) wavelength range, with peak sensitivity around 3 µm, which aligns with the thermal radiation from forest fires. This sensitivity extends to a broader range, and the beetle can respond to all infrared wavelengths between 2 and 6 µm. 

Detailed wavelength information

Peak sensitivity: 
The beetle's infrared sensory organs are most sensitive in the 2.8–3.5 µm range. 

Broadband detection: 
It can detect infrared radiation across a wider spectrum, from 2 to 6 µm. 

Maximum absorption: 
Studies show maximum infrared absorption at specific wavelengths, including 3 µm and 10 µm, which are important for detecting forest fires. 

Fluorescence: 

The beetle's sensory organs also exhibit fluorescence, absorbing at 480 nm and emitting at 570 nm, though the functional role of this is still being investigated. 

ScienceDirect.com
Responses of the Infrared Sensilla of Melanophila Acuminata ( ...

Abstract. The pit organs of the beetle Melanophila acuminata were stimulated with monochromatic infrared radiation using a continuous wave CO overtone infrared ...

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Mechanism of Infrared Detection and Transduction by Beetle ...

Abstract. The Melanophila acuminata beetle is attracted to forest fires via a pair of infrared sensory organs composed of sensilla. Our histological work showed
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Fluorescence of the “fire-chaser” beetle Melanophila acuminata
Aug 5, 2025 — Abstract. Melanophila acuminata beetles are attracted to forest fires over long distances by a pair of specialized infrared sensory organs..."

SOOOO THERE'S NO QUESTION... We are talking 'bout infrared radiation

However those may be optimum or at least good wavelengths ? for detecting fires ( super hot stuff ) several kilometers away.

Snakes' interests are quite different. Snakes use infrared perception to hunt and strike warm blooded prey ( think body temperature 98.6* ) only a short distance away. SO the temperature and distance both are unlike thoze that interest and engage instincts of the beetles. Therefore the optimum wavelengths for the snakes' infrared radiation use are probably belong to a different part of the infrared band of spectrum.

But I dont care. What's impt for the prospect of anticipating the senses and organ systems of extraterrestrials is simply this: - living things on planet earth have as parts of their anatomy infrared radiation-perceiving sensory organs, odd organs comprised of different histology and tissues than each other. (As below, so above.) And this world has lots of alternative kinds of light radiation as well as diverse organs of perception. On darker or colder worlds of life with less opportunity for full-spectum sight, infrared vision may be very much more likely to develope and guide animals around their strange environments.