Beetles are also defined by their ability to through a four-stage life cycle: the eggs, the larva, the pupa, and the final metamorphosis into an adult. This entire process can take anywhere ...

There are 2 different species of asparagus beetle: They both are very damaging to the asparagus spears. It’s important to ...

However changes in the beetles lifestyle may be an important contributor as well. CU biologists Jeff Mitton and Scott Ferrenberg have studied the life cycle and activities of the mountain pine beetle, ...

The beetles never usually move far from their veteran trees. Females lay their eggs into slits within the bark and as larvae (a stage that takes just over two years) they feed on the wood. The full ...