The matador bug’s flamboyant leg-waving puzzled scientists for years, with early guesses pointing to courtship. But ...
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If you happen to be walking in the forests of Panama, you might just come across a bug that will wave at you, which scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) have been studying ...
Previously scientists thought that male matador bugs waved their leg flags to attract a female. But when scientists tested it, they found no evidence. Males and females both wave their legs and the ...