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
So when one comes up to a beetle wearing its own chemical suit, so to speak, it accepts it.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
People can also volunteer to survey trees for signs of the dreaded beetle, allowing them to “do something instead of just worrying about it,” Nobua-Behrmann said.
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
“Not even a dung beetle would want to push that old ball of caca around, much less hold on to it. Mamá should have sold it a long time ago.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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