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This Goth Ladybird Went To University And Ended Up Becoming A New SpeciesGetting into Kyushu University is very easy when you're small enough to not be noticed, but aquiring a qualification is probably a bit harder

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This Goth Ladybird Went To University And Ended Up Becoming A New SpeciesGetting into Kyushu University is very easy when you're small enough to not be noticed, but aquiring a qualification is probably a bit harder
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This Goth Ladybird Went To University And Ended Up Becoming A New Species

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Deathwatch Beetles: Bad Omens In The Night? Nope, They’re Just HornyThe death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum

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Deathwatch Beetles: Bad Omens In The Night? Nope, They’re Just HornyThe death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum
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Deathwatch Beetles: Bad Omens In The Night? Nope, They’re Just Horny

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First Insect Proven To Use Milky Way For Orientation Uses Its Superpower To Push Big Balls Of Poopa dung beetle resting on a ball of poop, looking to the milk way for directions

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First Insect Proven To Use Milky Way For Orientation Uses Its Superpower To Push Big Balls Of Poopa dung beetle resting on a ball of poop, looking to the milk way for directions
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First Insect Proven To Use Milky Way For Orientation Uses Its Superpower To Push Big Balls Of Poop

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What Is Phoresy? When Animals Hitch A Ride On Other Animalsmites riding on a beetle

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What Is Phoresy? When Animals Hitch A Ride On Other Animalsmites riding on a beetle
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What Is Phoresy? When Animals Hitch A Ride On Other Animals

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There's A Beetle That Can Live To Be 50 Years Oldgolden jewel beetle with iridescent green and red exoskeleton

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There's A Beetle That Can Live To Be 50 Years Oldgolden jewel beetle with iridescent green and red exoskeleton
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There's A Beetle That Can Live To Be 50 Years Old

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Meet The Trilobite Beetles: Prehistoric-Looking Insects With Peculiar Sex Livesblack and red trilobite beetle on a tree

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Meet The Trilobite Beetles: Prehistoric-Looking Insects With Peculiar Sex Livesblack and red trilobite beetle on a tree
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Meet The Trilobite Beetles: Prehistoric-Looking Insects With Peculiar Sex Lives

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Goliath Beetle: One Of The World's Heaviest Beetles Is A Body Builder BugA species of Goliath beetle (Goliathus ) snooping around the forests of Uganda, Africa.

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Goliath Beetle: One Of The World's Heaviest Beetles Is A Body Builder BugA species of Goliath beetle (Goliathus ) snooping around the forests of Uganda, Africa.
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Goliath Beetle: One Of The World's Heaviest Beetles Is A Body Builder Bug

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7 Animals With Some Of The Silliest Scientific NamesAn adult male Mini mum, one of the world's smallest frogs, rests on a fingernail with room to spare.

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7 Animals With Some Of The Silliest Scientific NamesAn adult male Mini mum, one of the world's smallest frogs, rests on a fingernail with room to spare.
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7 Animals With Some Of The Silliest Scientific Names

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New Species Of Punk Beetle Was Almost Mistaken For Bird PoopThe new species of Fluffy longhorn beetle on a leaf.

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New Species Of Punk Beetle Was Almost Mistaken For Bird PoopThe new species of Fluffy longhorn beetle on a leaf.
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New Species Of Punk Beetle Was Almost Mistaken For Bird Poop

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Christmas Eye: The Excruciating, Festively Timed Condition Caused By Australian Beetlesarticle image

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Christmas Eye: The Excruciating, Festively Timed Condition Caused By Australian Beetles

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Corpse Burying Beetles Hide Bodies As A Treat For Their Kids

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Beetle Proves It's Possible To Survive Millions Of Years Without Having Sex

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Beetle Filmed Walking Underwater On The Underside Of A Puddle's Surface

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Dozens Of Mummified Cats And Hundreds Of Cat Statues Unearthed In Egyptarticle image

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Dozens Of Mummified Cats And Hundreds Of Cat Statues Unearthed In Egypt

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