Contact: Doug Emlen
douglas.emlen@umontana.edu
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Washington State University

Laura Corley Lavine, Washington State University

Caption: Washington State University entomologist Laura Corley Lavine has helped discover the biological mechanism behind the Japanese rhinoceros beetle’s elaborate horn.

Credit: Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services

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