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The forewings have black spots at the front, with a speckled band at the rear.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
Adult wing tips feature black specks defined in gray, and their forewing is gray with black spots of various sizes.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 July 2025
These signals stimulate either the beetle’s antennae or their hardened forewings, prompting them to turn, stop or climb.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Their most notable feature are the spots ringed with white against the background of their gray forewings.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
Their triangular forewings propel them at up to 30 miles per hour.
—Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
They can be distinguished from other members of the genus by a small number of bristles on their forewings in addition to their slender legs, researchers said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
Adult wing tips feature black specks defined in gray, and their forewing is gray with black spots of various sizes.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 July 2025
These signals stimulate either the beetle’s antennae or their hardened forewings, prompting them to turn, stop or climb.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Their most notable feature are the spots ringed with white against the background of their gray forewings.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
Their triangular forewings propel them at up to 30 miles per hour.
—Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
They can be distinguished from other members of the genus by a small number of bristles on their forewings in addition to their slender legs, researchers said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Forewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forewing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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forewing
noun
fore·wing
ˈfō(ə)r-ˌwiŋ 
ˈfȯ(ə)r-
: either of the front wings of a four-winged insect
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