Beetles are classified in the order Coleoptera (sheath-wing). The front pair of wings is hardened into cases (called elytra) ...

Thirty-seven insects were found in a shipment from Japan to Los Angeles International Airport last month, Customs and Border ...

Agriculture specialists examining an air cargo shipment discovered the beetles concealed inside multiple packages of snacks, ...

There isn’t much data available to the wider public on the Calathus lundbladi ground beetle. This elusiveness is in no small part due to the little bug’s position on the International Union for ...

“Enthusiasts enjoy seeing them fight against each other during mating season,” a CBP spokesperson said in an email to Popular ...

Dozens of live beetles disguised as Japanese snacks were intercepted at the Los Angeles International Airport by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists found 37 giant live beetles stashed inside an air cargo shipment ...

Based on the ratio of body weight to strength, the dung beetle is not only the strongest insect but the strongest animal in the world, pound-for-pound. It can pull over 1,000 times its body weight.

"Beetles can become a serious pest by eating plants ... Importing live insects into the U.S. requires a U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Inspection Service Plant Protection and ...

“These beetles aren’t going to be a problem ... according to a 2022 report by the Animal Legal and Historical Center at Michigan State University’s law school. The author of the report ...

The beetles, which measured four to five inches long, can "pose a significant threat to our vital agriculture resources." ...