By TETSUYA ISHIKURA/ Staff Writer
December 5, 2020 at 07:00 JST
A cross-section of a diabolical ironclad beetle, above, shows the right and left sides of the insect's exoskeleton tightly interlocking like a jigsaw puzzle, highlighted in yellow. The image below shows pieces of the exoskeleton of a rhinoceros beetle, which interlock together when it closes its hardened forewings. (Provided by University of California, Irvine professor David Kisailus)
Fear not when running over a small flightless bug on the road when it's the diabolical ironclad beetle, which emerges no worse for wear. [Read More]
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