They scuttle through soil by the millions and have been successful since the time of the dinosaurs. Rove beetles, the most ...

This is an image of the pattern on the elytron (hardened forewing) of a reticulated beetle (Tenomerga cinerea). You can see several of the pits that cover the elytra of this beetle (1), giving it its ...

When flying beetles close their hardened forewings (elytra) that protect the underlying flight wings, they have the elytra hitched on one pair of the jigsaw-shaped structures. Although the ...

DESCRIPTION: At about one to 1.5 inches in length, the American burying beetle is the largest species of its genus in North America. Its body is shiny black, with hardened protective wing covers ...