That's pretty amazing, there.

That is a great video. And Admin, I don't believe for one moment you thought the shells were the wings...

Yeah, TMonkey, I doubt anyone having gone through kindegarten thought that.

Beetles have two pairs of wings: elytra an alae- elytra are hard wings (forewings) and their purpose is to protect the alae (flying wings).
Like you can see in the video alae are neatly folded on the vein marks under elytra that need to be lifted so the flying wings can be used.

So what he referred to as a 'shell' technically *are* wings, but without a flying function.

biology never really interested me and having read your comment nika. it still doesnt interest me. its probably due to the fact i had the worst biology teacher ever.

If this video (and similar ones) didn't wake up the interest in you, then my words definitely won't. ;)

Good job nika! You've got Google too?

No, I got something much better. It's called a grey matter.

no nika your words actually made me learn something new today. its just the biology part of it i hate.