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Red milkweed beetle genome offers insight into plant-insect interactions

Biologists have curated the red milkweed beetle's genome and its arsenal of genes related to plant-feeding and other biological traits. They sequenced and assembled the entire genome of the ...
Science Daily

These beetles can see a color most insects can’t

Beetles that can see the color red? That s exactly what scientists discovered in two Mediterranean species that defy the norm of insect vision. While most insects are blind to red, these beetles use ...
The Victoria Advocate

Lady bugs, lady birds or lady beetles?:Whatever you call them, they are beneficial garden insects that have come to the rescue!

I grew up calling the bright, red beetle with black spots on its wings a lady bug. I have heard people call them ladybirds, and I never understood why someone would call a bug a bird. Since I’m ...
Ars Technica

Getting to the bottom of how red flour beetles absorb water through their butts

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...
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Red milkweed beetle genome offers insight into plant-insect interactions

A mating pair of red milkweed beetles pictured in the spring of 2024 on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Studying the secrets of how the common red milkweed ...