A newcomer could easily get lost in its tunnels, and the unwary is easy prey to predatory wasps or mantises .
A newcomer could easily get lost in its tunnels, and the unwary is easy prey to predatory wasps or mantises .
It is revealing that they often mix and shuffle elements from various species, combining the antlers of a stag beetle and the feelers of a fly, or a butterfly's proboscis and an ant's thorax, to create fantastic new hybrids.
Insects such as ants, mealy bugs and thrips have been found in 37 out of 43 shipments, which then needed fumigation.