We found that wing deployment occurs in two phases (Fig. 1a, top). First, the beetle releases its elytra, causing a partial spring-like release of the hindwings from the body, which is probably ...

Aug. 20, 2024 — Large-scale genomic analysis of darkling beetles, a hyper-diverse insect group of more than 30,000 species worldwide, rolls back the curtain on a 150-million-year evolutionary ...

The hairs are especially abundant on the beetles’ elytra, or their forewings. While there are over 1,200 species of stag beetles, perhaps the best known by far is the European stag beetle, both for ...

In 16th- and 17th-century India, for instance, beetle wings were used as proto-sequins, affixed to fabric to produce a ...

However, regardless of the shell color, all feature fine yellow hairs on their bodies, especially their elytra or forewings. A large male Goliath Beetle on wood. These colorful beetles are very strong ...

Most beetles are active in the morning and evening.

Spotted lanternflies are on the rise in Ohio, with experts fielding more and more reports of the invasive insect across the state.Researchers with Ohio State University Extension said they have ...

Buried pieces of wood may also harbor the insects. It was said that their populations rose in London following the Second World War when masses of timber became buried under the ground following bomb ...

Back in the 1970s, the idea that Volkswagen might stop making the Beetle was unthinkable. The car and the brand that built it had become synonymous, and no one could imagine that VW would give it ...