Hundreds of tiny, young beetles lump together in the shape of a female bee and then grab rides on the male bees that they seduce, say California researchers.
Recently hatched blister beetles
swarm into a cluster roughly
resembling a female bee available
for mating. San Francisco State University
Hundreds of small dark-orange beetle larvae
hitchhike on a bee.
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