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Beetles use dung balls to stay cool

Dung beetles roll their feasts of dung away to avoid the hordes of other hungry competitors at the dung pile. Researchers have now discovered that they also use their moist balls to keep cool

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Cinnabar flat beetle

This image showing the eye and first segments of a Cinnabar flat beetle was was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Nikon Small World 2012 competition

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Adhesive pad on a foreleg of a ladybird beetle

This stunning image of the adhesive pad on a foreleg of a ladybird beetle was awarded 7th place in the 2013 Nikon Small World competition

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