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 ...

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 ...

Bombardier beetles have the infamous ability to synthesize and release rapid bursts of stinky, burning-hot liquid from their rear ends. These noxious emissions can kill other insects, or startle ...