How to identify and deal with the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, one of the most destructive pests in the United States.

Bombardier beetles defend themselves by spraying boiling, toxic chemicals up to 212°F at predators. They can survive being eaten and force predators like toads to spit them out. Their explosive spray ...

A Kobe University study shows that small aquatic beetles survive catfish attacks by resisting ingestion inside the catfish's mouth and being spat out alive. This research contributes to a deeper ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regimbartia attenuata beetles have the ability to survive being eaten by frogs by actively crawling through the predator's ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 5, 2025) A study conducted in Pennsylvania and published in Environmental Entomology highlights threats to nontarget organisms from neonicotinoid insecticide exposure. Using ...

Not all beetles have such fanciful names as fireflies and ladybugs. But many of them have something more important in common: ...

The catfish Silurus asotus was fed eight aquatic beetle species of varying body sizes of the families Gyrinidae, Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae, including Regimbartia attenuata, to examine their escape ...

Spot a shield-shaped bug in your garden and your first thought might be that it’s bad news. After all, many gardeners ...

The unfortunate frog or toad that accidentally mistakes a bombardier beetle for a tasty snack will find itself sorry. This unique beetle has the remarkable ability to spew a boiling-hot acid at its ...