Rove Beetles & Earwigs
August 11, 2025
In a recent slow-motion video from Dr. Adrian Smith, Head of the Museum’s Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Research Lab and producer of the Ant Lab channel on YouTube, you’ll get a closer look at the wings and flight of rove beetles and earwigs. According to Smith, “rove beetles and earwigs, between them, have the most complex wings in the animal kingdom!”
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