Rolled Leaf Beetles (IMAGE)

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Rolled Leaf Beetles

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This shows six of dozens of rolled leaf beetles collected in Costa Rica for the study. High-quality plant DNA was obtained from the gut contents of these beetles, revealing exactly which Zingiberales plants they had been eating.

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Charles Staines

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