The Fastest Way to Get Rid of Japanese Beetles in Your Garden
It’s been a weird year for garden season weather, and in turn, garden pests. Across the nation, beetles of all sorts are being a pain—and Japanese beetles, in particular, have…
Beetlebot carries heavy loads using alcohol-powered artificial muscles
By Chris Stokel-Walker RoBeetle: small but powerful Yang et al., Sci. Robot. 5, eaba0015 (2020) One of the world’s smallest microrobots is able to carry 2.6 times its own body…
Beetle larvae that eat polystyrene may help solve plastic waste crisis
By Alice Klein Expanded polystyrene is used for food containersMatthew Horwood/Getty Images Beetles with larvae that can digest polystyrene may help to solve the world’s mounting plastic waste crisis. Expanded…
Beetles carrying tiny backpack cameras stream footage to a smartphone
By Donna Lu Bugging a room just got a little more literal with these tiny cameras that attach to beetles and capture what they seeMark Stone/University of Washington A tiny…