Holotrichia parallela, the large black chafer beetle, is a serious agricultural pest in Asia. The beetles have an unusual mating strategy, with females emerging every other night and releasing a ...

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.

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 ...

Big black beetles with long antennae might be skittering around your yard or patio this time of year, but fear not: These are just the relatively harmless palo verde beetles, also known as palo verde ...

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 ...

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 ...

Predation is a driving force in the evolution of anti-predator strategies, and death feigning, characterized by immobility in response to threats, is a common defensive mechanism across various animal ...