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 ...
These parasitic beetle larvae lure in bees with complex floral aromas before hitching a ride back to their nests and eating ...
And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce ...
A University of Idaho entomologist confirmed an exotic beetle native to the Mediterranean basin has arrived in Idaho’s Treasure Valley, where it’s infested homes with oodles of tough-to-control larvae ...
Beetles are some of the most diverse animals in the world, with around 400,000 known species living in a wide variety of habitats. They are famed for their particularly hard exoskeleton and powerful ...