Beetles

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:

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http://www.knowyourinsects.org/Coleoptera.html

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