By Megan Gannon, News Editor | June 25, 2014 05:00pm ET
The awkward stage of adolescence drives some insects to murderous home invasion.
When the time comes to shed their skin, certain beetle larvae in Greece scout out a sleeping snail, break into its shell, eat the victim alive and then squat in its home for days.
But the snail targets aren't completely defenseless; on the contrary, they may be locked in an evolutionary arms race with the juvenile beetles, trying to outwit their intruders with break-in-proof shells and other security strategies, a new study finds.
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