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are older than the dinosaurs and contain more described species than any other order of insects.

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Cicindela sexguttata - six spotted tiger beetle

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasci (Dermestidae)

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Chauliognathus pensylvanicus, a soldier beetle, catches an October sunset.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A Diabrotica spotted cucumber beetle clings to goldenrod in an early autumn prairie sunset.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera) on a soybean. Farmers have traditionally fought this insect by rotating corn out with soybeans every year. The insect lays its eggs in the soil, and in rotated fields the emerging young rootworms find themselves lost in a sea of inedible plants. Yet some populations adapted, flying to soy fields to lay eggs so their offspring catch next year's corn.

Western Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica virgifera

Western Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica virgifera

Arthropterus Ant-Nest Beetle (Carabidae: Paussinae).

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Arthropterus Ant-Nest Beetle (Carabidae: Paussinae)

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Western Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica virgifera

Western Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica virgifera

Western Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica virgifera

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Keywords: coleoptera chrysomelidae diabrotica virgifera western corn rootworm crop pests

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