Strange habits: When first hatched ... Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) Perhaps one of the clumsiest insects to be spotted in gardens in late spring and early summer, the cockchafer ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. If there were a competition for the world’s weirdest insect, treehoppers would have a clear shot at first place.

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Many of us will be familiar with the Venus flytrap; a plant with spiky green and red leaves that snap shut when an insect has the misfortune of landing on it. But there’s much more to the ...