beetle

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“So the kind of behavior and cell biology that’s required to integrate the beetle into the nest is the very thing that stops it ever leaving the colony,” Parker said, describing it as a “Catch-22.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Although officials are only now reporting the arrival, they first found the beetle in Ventura County in the summer of 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

A tiny beetle responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of oak trees in Southern California has reached Ventura County, marking a troubling expansion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

The scientists next examined how these beetle defenses affect the fungus Beauveria bassiana.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

It is upside down, wheels sticking up into the air and still spinning, like a beetle stuck on its back.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi