Samples of all the insects that were studied were prepared in the field for DNA barcoding. This method uses genetic information to identify animals at the species level. Credit: Kim Lea Holzmann / University of Würzburg "Current evaluations of the heat tolerance of insects such as moths, flies, and beetles paint a differentiated -- and at the same time alarming -- picture," says study author Dr. Kim Holzmann, a researcher at the Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology at Julius-Maximilians-

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