Beautiful, diverse, and delicious, today we talk about beetles and all their amazing tricks. Boiling clouds of poison, mind control, and even the ability to make a corpse into a house. Is there anything beetles can't do?
Videos:
Rhino Beetle Larvae
Sources:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/beetle
http://www.knowyourinsects.org/Coleoptera.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endopterygota
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/09/21/beetle-larva-lures-and-kills-frogs-while-the-adult-hunts-and-paralyses-them/#.WxMNe0gvyiM
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/plosable/spies-among-ants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_beetle
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cyborg-remote-control-beetle-nanyang-a6960301.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-manage-to-control-flight-of-cyborg-beetles-for-the-first-time-10111692.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burying_beetle
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2134134-fungus-creates-zombie-beetles-that-crave-flowers-before-death/
https://onekindplanet.org/top-10/top-10-list-of-the-worlds-strongest-animals/
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/01/17/flesh-eating-beetles-explained/
https://soranews24.com/2016/11/10/w-t-f-japan-top-5-japanese-pet-kabutomushi-beetles-%E3%80%90weird-top-five%E3%80%91/
https://snapthirty.com/2016/04/12/a-look-into-the-strange-world-of-japanese-beetle-fighting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynastinae
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