The flour beetle is a troublesome household pest that destroys food supplies in kitchens and pantries. Though less well-known ...

The flour beetle is a troublesome household pest that destroys food supplies in kitchens and pantries. Though less well-known ...

Beetles can be distinguished from other insects by their hard, shell-like wing covers called “elytra”. Unlike other insects, beetles hide their soft, thin wings beneath these protective covers ...

It is a small (1.5-3.5 mm) and round beetle with elytra (wing cases) clothed with white, golden-yellow and black scales forming a variegated pattern of white, orange and black patches. The legs are ...

The mammoth may have drowned in the ice age floods, with its carcass ending up on a hillside after water receded.

Their wings are among the largest on Earth, with a wingspan of up to 25-27 centimeters ... In comparison, common house flies ...

Japanese beetles are an invasive species that feeds on the leaves, flowers or fruit of more than 300 species of plants. Their grubs are pests of turf, chewing on grass roots, causing the turf to brown ...

Shiny, iridescent beetles with metallic golden exoskeletons that gleam in the light. A powerful fish with golden scales, ...

A young Whitianga boy was terrified after feeling an insect crawl inside his ear and wriggle around inside. Mother Rozemarije ...

A young Whitianga boy was terrified after feeling an insect crawl inside his ear and wriggle around inside. Mother Rozemarije ...

Males are smaller (~1.6 mm/0.06 in), range from light brown to black, and have no wings. Both males and females spend most of their lives inside trees within channels called galleries that the females ...