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Oct 21, 2020 · The diabolical ironclad beetle is an incredibly tough little creature. A peek inside its exoskeleton reveals what makes it virtually uncrushable.
Zopherinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as ironclad beetles.
Phloeodes diabolicus. Phloeodes diabolicus (formerly Nosoderma diabolicum), common name: diabolical ironclad beetle, is a beetle of the family Zopheridae. It is native to the California Floristic Province in the states of California and Baja California, where it is believed to eat fungi growing under rotting tree bark. [1]
Oct 22, 2020 · A diabolical ironclad beetle can withstand the crushing force of 39,000 times its own body weight. Purdue University/Erin Easterling. The diabolical ironclad is not a notorious Civil War-era...
Common Name: “Ironclad” beetle. Scientific Name: Zopherus nodulosus haldemani Horn. Order: Coleoptera. Description: The striking adult beetle is 5/8 to 1 3/16 inch long and the body is adorned by a black and creamy white blotchy color pattern. Its exoskeleton (integument) is extremely hard.
Oct 21, 2020 · Phloeodes diabolicus, the ironclad beetle. David Kisailus. By Katherine J. Wu. Oct. 21, 2020. In 2015, Jesus Rivera filmed a very unusual science experiment for posterity. On the asphalt of a...
Oct 21, 2020 · The diabolical ironclad beetle has an exoskeleton so strong, it can survive being run over by a car. Researchers have identified how the structure of the exoskeleton provides this strength, and...
Oct 23, 2020 · They don’t call it the diabolical ironclad beetle for nothing: Phloeodes diabolicus, a rugged insect native to western North America, has an almost supernatural ability to resist compression...
Oct 21, 2020 · A tough exoskeleton in ironclad beetles protect them against piercing and crushing, and scientists recently uncovered the unusual interlocking structures that strengthen the insect's hard shell.
Oct 21, 2020 · The diabolical ironclad beetle is one tough critter, as its name might suggest. Equipped with super-tough body armour, the insect can survive being stamped on or even run over by a car. Now...
