New species of fascinating opportunistic shelter using leaf beetles
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
Builders are rather uncommon among adult leaf beetles though young ones of certain species use own feces to construct a defensive shield. Two closely related, hitherto unknown species of tiny southern Indian leaf beetles, only slightly larger than the size of a pin-head, and their clever way of using and modifying low cost shelters, have now been described.