When flying beetles close their hardened forewings (elytra) that protect the underlying flight wings, they have the elytra hitched on one pair of the jigsaw-shaped structures. Although the ...

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 ...

DESCRIPTION: At about one to 1.5 inches in length, the American burying beetle is the largest species of its genus in North America. Its body is shiny black, with hardened protective wing covers ...