Beetle (IMAGE)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Beetle

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X-ray imaging of beetles helps confirm that tracheal system design may limit size in insects. More of the body is filled with air-filled tracheal tubes in larger species, particularly in the legs, and so much larger species than exist today might not have room for enough tubes.

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Argonne National Laboratory

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