Story: Beetles

Seaweed darkling beetle

Watch a seaweed darkling beetle whose legs are adapted to digging into wet sand.

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John Marris, 'Beetles - Habitats', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/14375/seaweed-darkling-beetle (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by John Marris, published 24 Sep 2007