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Watch: Here’s how spring-loaded beetle larvae launch themselves into the air
Can’t beat that vertical leap.
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When you think of jumping bugs, grasshoppers, fleas, or crickets might come to mind.
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But some beetle larvae also have the ability to launch themselves into the air — a behavior scientists had no clue about till now.
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