Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
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Chicago Adventure, Part Six: The Spice of Life
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![A Beetle’s Beloved Beer Bottle [60 Second Specimens]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UMy5-X_wRBQ/mqdefault.jpg "A Beetle’s Beloved Beer Bottle [60 Second Specimens]
Every specimen has a story; this one is about a special species of Australian jewel beetle that found love in all the wrong places. Guess you could say these affairs were pretty one-sided.
Sources:
Beetles beer bottle sex wings Ig Nobel Prize: https://bbc.in/2v8EIqx
The Giant Jewel Beetle that Mates With Beer Bottles: http://bit.ly/2KhEDpd
Fluoro orange the new red light symbol for randy beetles: http://bit.ly/2AyXT1O
Review of the biology and host-plants of the Australian jewel beetle (Julodimorpha bakewelli): http://bit.ly/2v7nmdy
More 60 Second Specimen stories:
Murder by Birder: https://youtu.be/F-ohbDZaYVg
Im Lichen this Car Door: https://youtu.be/kuftR3QJliY
The playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8_5VpX9Txpke4mWgBrsHVgNLeunW-XY
Created by:
Emily Graslie Brandon Brungard Sheheryar Ahsan
This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
http://www.fieldmuseum.org")
