Beetle 'swarms' in parts of south-east Queensland may be due to warm weather, expert says
Heatwaves bring sticky afternoons and sleepless nights — but west of Brisbane, they may have also brought "swarms" of ...
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Photo: Newly Discovered Australian Beetle Almost Mistaken for Bird Poo
Australia's wilderness has once again proven to be a treasure trove of undiscovered species, with the latest find being a small yet remarkable beetle, nicknamed the "punk beetle" due to its ...
Natalie Carroll: Little-known Tomcat beetle causes horrific reaction on Aussie TikTokker’s leg while in Bali
Natalie Carroll was holidaying on the Indonesian island when she noticed red marks on her left thigh. The TikTokker was ...
Blue-banded bee named 2024 ABC Australian Insect of the Year as thousands vote in inaugural poll
The moth or the butterfly? The stick insect or the hoverfly? The beetle or the bee? Can you guess which is the inaugural ABC ...
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How darkling beetles rose to ‘global ecological dominance’
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO have used genomic analysis to reconstruct the evolutionary tree of more than 300 darkling beetle species. Darkling beetles belong to ...
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How insects can help catch rhino poachers
Of the 119 insects collected from the rhinos, blowflies ( Diptera) and beetles ( Coleoptera) were the most abundant and useful for calculating the minimum postmortem interval for each rhino, the team ...