Photo of invasive ladybug reveals how beetles fly: two rigid spotted wing covers protect delicate folding flight wings hidden ...

The cerambycid beetle family, with over 35,000 species worldwide, exhibits a diverse array of chemically mediated behaviours that are central to mating, aggregation, and host plant localisation.

Featherwing beetles are some of the world’s smallest flying insects. Yet they can rocket along with the speed and agility of much larger insects. Now, scientists have figured out how the beetles do it ...

In the natural world, predators play a significant role in shaping how animals defend themselves. A previously documented tactic called 'death feigning' involves prey insects faking death when ...

Sporting a horn on your head two-thirds the length of your body might seem like a drag. For the rhinoceros beetle, though, massive head-weapons are no big deal. Turns out, pitchfork-shaped protrusions ...

They ‘go crazy’ in even-aged ponderosa pine forests, which is the makeup of that area The U.S. Forest Service is concerned that a bark beetle outbreak happening now in Narraguinnep Canyon might make ...

COLUMBIA — With colder weather upon us, mid-Missouri residents may start to notice an array of brightly colored, domed-shaped beetles lurking in the corners of their homes. But have no fear — these ...