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dirtmayor@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish ·
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Strange, spiny beetle discovered in Japan

www.newscientist.com

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Strange, spiny beetle discovered in Japan

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dirtmayor@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish ·
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A new-to-science species of beetle is marked by a distinct yellow band on its shoulders, long hair-like scales all over its body and legs, and the unique shape of its torso

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    Wonder how long it was sitting in the entomologists desk before it got described

    (If you don’t know, in the entomology community there’s an old joke that they all have hundreds of beetles sitting in their desks waiting to be described, due to the abundance of beetle species)

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    Are we doing the “weevil time” thing here?

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      weevil time sounds like a fun time 🙂

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        IT’S WEEVIL TIME!!!

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          Woo!

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