One Reddit user, u/Oceanic_stars, recently shared intriguing artwork of a proposed mob called the “Elytra Beetle,” showcasing its wings both closed and open. They also described the potential ...

The study revealed that beetles use elastic energy and flapping forces to passively deploy hindwings for flight and retract them using the elytra (modified, hardened forewing of beetles ...

Like all beetles, they have 6 legs, and the front wings are hardened into armored plates called elytra that at least partially cover the abdomen. The typical ground beetle is black, often with some ...

The two sets of thin membranous wings are covered with a hard shell set of wings called the elytra. Normally, when a beetle flies, these elytra are lifted up for the wings to spread and fly.