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Published: August 1, 2018

A Beetle's Beloved Beer Bottle [60 Second Specimens]

Every specimen has a story; this one is about a special species of Australian jewel beetle that found love in all the wrong places. Guess you could say these affairs were pretty one-sided.

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Beetle's beer bottle sex wins Ig Nobel Prize.

The Giant Jewel Beetle that Mates With Beer Bottles.

Fluoro orange the new red light symbol for randy beetles.

Review of the biology and host-plants of the Australian jewel beetle (Julodimorpha bakewelli).

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