One Reddit user, u/Oceanic_stars, recently shared intriguing artwork of a proposed mob called the “Elytra Beetle,” showcasing its wings both closed and open. They also described the potential ...

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 ...

The beetle, having lost the ability to fly away from danger, has evolved crush-resistant forewings (known as elytra), to survive being pecked to death by hungry birds. The researchers used ...

The study revealed that beetles use elastic energy and flapping forces to passively deploy hindwings for flight and retract them using the elytra (modified, hardened forewing of beetles ...

Among all flying insects, beetles demonstrate the most complex wing mechanisms, involving two sets of wings: a pair of ...

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 ...

An analysis of the beetles' elytra — the hardened casings on top of each forewing — shows that the shields interlock like a 3D jigsaw puzzle and can deform under enormous weight without losing ...