beetle
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The "first of its kind in the UK" report identified the country's rarest species, including the high brown fritillary butterfly and Snowden leaf beetle, based on how geographically restricted they are, said Natural Resources Wales.
From BBC
The first was realized in 2012 in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and portrayed a yellow-spotted beetle missing segments of its antennae.
From New York Times
Among the new kinds of lizards, sea slugs, ants and beetles identified by the museum’s scientists were some native Californian species.
From New York Times
DNA tests confirmed visual observations that the beetle was distinct from all other species of the genus Bembidion, which generally live near bodies of water.
From Los Angeles Times
In a darkened lab at the museum, Taylor and Lakota grad student Chance Ward, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, deploy beetles to scour the flesh from modern horse cadavers.
From Science Magazine
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