Scientists say they've
discovered a new ladybug species that can tuck its head into its body like a
turtle.
Ross Winton, a former
entomology grad student at Montana State University (MSU), found the bug in a
trap he set up in a sand dune in southwest Montana.
He initially thought the tiny tan insect was just part of an ant or a bug with
its head missing.
But upon further examination,
Winton identified the one-millimeter-long insect as a male ladybird beetle, or ladybug,
and found that it wasn't actually headless — its head was just hidden inside a
tube in its thorax, much like a turtle that has its head tucked back into its
shell.
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