While this might look like the pattern on a quilt, this is actually a magnified image of the pattern on the hardened forewings of a beetle. These wings are not used for flying but instead protect the ...

It didn't have wings, which is nearly unheard of among beetles. And as Ferreira examined it further, he found it wasn't a prank after all. It was an undiscovered species of beetle, and Ferreira ...

Species: Most likely Dictyoptera simplicipes (Several red net-winged beetle species look similar.) Appearance: Elongated with bright red wing covers. Black antennae. Distribution: Pacific ...

The Namib desert beetle, which lives on the parched sands of southwest Africa, collects drinking water using its wings, which are ... causes water to zip from one side of the material to the ...