Researchers can now explain how a male bee looking for love out in the desert can be misguided enough to embrace a writhing clump of beetle larvae instead of a female bee.
SMELLS RIGHT. Blister beetle larvae cluster (left) on a plant stem and release a seductive odor. Drawn by the pheromone, a male bee suddenly finds himself covered with beetle larvae.
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