New long-haired freaky-looking beetle may be going for the fungal look
Would you want to eat this beetle? Probably not, as it appears to be covered in fungus. That "fungus" is actually hair, however, which the recently discovered insect may use to put off would-be predators.A lone example of the beetle was found by James Tweed, a PhD candidate in The University of Queensland's School of the Environment, when he was camping in the rainforest in Australia's Lamington National Park.As Tweed was walking through the campsite one morning, he spotted what he initially thought might be a bird…