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Spectacular red palm weevil scoops top award in bug photography prize

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Spectacular red palm weevil scoops top award in bug photography prize

This red palm weevil looks like it is ready for a boxing match. The close-up shot won Mofeed Abu Shalwa Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year 2020

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Diabolical ironclad beetle

Life

Near-uncrushable beetle's exoskeleton could inspire tough structures

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Leafcutter ants choose architecturally sound building materials

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Leafcutter ants choose architecturally sound building materials

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Cockroach species found to live like ants with workers and a queen

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Cockroach species found to live like ants with workers and a queen

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Locust swarm

Life

A chemical that encourages locusts to swarm could also help stop them

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A fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) on a peach

Life

Fruit flies have special neurons that sense the wind to aid navigation

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Seal lice can survive the pressure found 4000 metres under the sea

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Seal lice can survive the pressure found 4000 metres under the sea

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Spiderwebs gather DNA that can help us monitor insects in forests

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Spiderwebs gather DNA that can help us monitor insects in forests

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Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water

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Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water

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Beetles carrying tiny backpack cameras stream footage to a smartphone

Technology

Beetles carrying tiny backpack cameras stream footage to a smartphone

Ultralight cameras fixed to the backs of beetles can wirelessly live-stream to a smartphone, which can also direct the camera to rotate and get footage from different directions

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Butterflies are showing us how wildlife will cope with climate change

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Environment

Climate change may push Zika virus into southern and eastern Europe

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Spider

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Weird caterpillar uses its old heads to make an elaborate hat

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