Project Description

Eastern U.S.A.

Bess beetles live in colonies in rotting logs and communicate with each other using squeaking noises produced by rubbing their abdomens against their wing cases.

  • Class: Insecta (Insects)
  • Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
  • Family: Passalidae (Passalid Beetles)
  • Species: Odontotaenius disjunctus