Newly discovered beetle with punk mohawk disguises itself as a blob of bird poo

The longhorn beetle sports punk rocker-style tufts of spiky hair to deter predators. Photo: James Tweed

Nick Squires
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It looked like a “hairy poo”, but on closer inspection a mysterious object found on a leaf in an Australian rainforest has turned out to be an entirely new species of bug.

Entomologist James Tweed was on a camping trip in the lush forests behind the Gold Coast of Queensland and had wandered off to clean his teeth when he spotted the strange object.