This leaf beetle looks amazing, but does like to chomp through - yes you guessed it - asparagus plants. Asparagus beetles, or ...
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These parasitic beetles mimic the smell of flowers so they can trick bees and raid their nests, new research suggests
A beetle species’ larvae seem to bamboozle bees by smelling like flowers. This newly discovered deceptive strategy might be the first known example of an animal imitating floral scents, according to a ...
Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that dung beetles suffer in canopy openings that have been deliberately ...
Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. Back in May, during a bout of ...
On the plains of South Africa, an army of dung beetles recycle the dung of large mammals. In Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve on the plains of South Africa, an army of dung beetles does one of the ...
Quick Take Collectors generally pay between $470 and $938 for a single Hercules beetle specimen. One Hercules beetle fetched over $5,400 at market. Breeders put high prices on Hercules beetles because ...
Mixing hydroquinone with hydrogen peroxide creates a volatile instability within the beetle abdomen. Evidence proves the bombardier beetle survives up to 2 hours inside a toad’s stomach. Neutralizing ...
The beetle was rediscovered in 2007 after a more than 60-year absence. Now, planned development is threatening its existence. Miami tiger beetles, like this wild-caught specimen photographed in a ...
This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange ...
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