The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has quarantined Carlton County after discovering infestations of an invasive ash-tree killing beetle across the southeastern portion of the county. Even though ...

They’re not pretty. They live in death. And yet carrion beetles—those odd little insects that thrive on rotting meat—are becoming […] ...

A survey of the larvae of Japanese wasps revealed that not only is their diet more diverse than previously thought, it also showed that wild colonies prey on more species of vertebrates than had ...

Some witchetty grubs, for example, are the larvae of longicorn beetles which live inside mallee tree trunks. Beetles belong to the Class Insecta, and are the most abundant of all insects.

It’s the price the beetles pay so their larvae have the mouse to themselves. But if a beetle family is large, a carcass sometimes isn’t enough to feed all the hungry mouths.

These are the Nicrophorus orbicollis and the Nicrophorus marginatus, carrion beetles from different clans. Then, a hit. It’s Nicrophorus americanus, the star of the show, and Rothe-Groleau ...

Goldfinch4ever / Getty Images. As their name suggests, carrion beetles eat dead animals. These insects also lay their eggs on the deceased animals so their larvae can eat the meat when developing.

scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae): One of the largest beetle families, Scarabaeidae includes dung beetles or tumblebugs, which may be under or on carrion or cadavers. In the United States, only 14 ...

Also called burying beetles, carrion beetles are found during any stage of decay. ... The baby larvae go through the larval stage where they feed, grow larger, and shed their exoskeletons. Developing ...

Carrion beetles team with maggots to be among the reasons you so rarely find dead birds. ... Both larvae and adult beetles also will eat other species of larvae encountered in that source.

A beetle collection used for scientific study Laurie Rubin via Getty Images Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors ...

Whether they eat plants or dine on other fare such as carrion, beetles from all groups have evolved an impressive array of tools to solve many different problems. In that sense, beetles are a ...