Woodworm can damage your home and furniture. Here’s how to identify wood-boring beetles and treat any infestations ...

However changes in the beetles lifestyle may be an important contributor as well. CU biologists Jeff Mitton and Scott Ferrenberg have studied the life cycle and activities of the mountain pine beetle, ...

CHILD #4:Beetles. ADAM:Ah, what are you pointing at ... with the smaller ants that surround her tending to her every need. The life cycle of ants is described; the queen lays the eggs which ...

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A new study by researchers at UC Davis and in China shows that the male beetles' ability to detect female pheromones is also on a 48-hour, or circabidian, cycle.

The beetles never usually move far from their veteran trees. Females lay their eggs into slits within the bark and as larvae (a stage that takes just over two years) they feed on the wood. The full ...

MIGRATION: This beetle has not been known to migrate. BREEDING: Riffle beetles typically deposit eggs on the underside of submerged rocks and debris. LIFE CYCLE: All beetles undergo complete ...

Bombardier beetles have the infamous ability to synthesize and release rapid bursts of stinky, burning-hot liquid from their rear ends. These noxious emissions can kill other insects, or startle ...

It may have shed its wings as an evolutionary adaptation so it can conserve water. Dung beetles consume poo throughout their life cycle. Adults' antennae give them a superb sense of smell to find ...

Explores various types of insect homes and their life cycles. It discusses how insects like moths, webworms, spittle bugs, gall wasps, beetles, ants, cicadas, ant lions, caddis fly larvae, wasps, and ...