A beetle climbs on rain-spotted clover leaf at River Forks Park in south western Oregon. Newscom
An Asian long horned beetle, which feeds on the bark of healthy trees, is seen here. The one-inch long bug destroyed thousands of trees in New York and Chicago and is nearly impossible to spot before it burrows to do fatal damage to the trees. The only way to eliminate the pest and save the forests is to destroy the trees the beetle attacks. James E. Appleby/University of Illinois/AP
A colorful, spotted ladybug sits on a leaf in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Newscom
A beetle is seen up close in April 2009. Newscom/FILE
A boy watches a beetle sumo competition at the Insect World Battle Championships in a miniature ring in Tokyo, Japan, in August 2007. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
An Elephant Beetle (Megasoma elephas) on a bamboo tree in Costa Rica. Newscom
A tropical soda apple leaf beetle sits on a tropical soda apple plant at Richloam Tract in Florida's Withlacooche State Forest. Julio Medal/Newscom
A Case beetle is seen on a dandelion in November 2009. Newscom/FILE
A rose chafer is shown sitting on flower. Newscom
A scarab beetle, also called a dung beetle, belonging to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, rolls its dung ball containing its offspring in Simangaliso Wetlands Park near Kosi Bay Mouth in South Africa. Newscom
Tamarisk Leaf Beetles climb on a branch in Colorado in August 2009. Aaron Montoya/The Denver Post/Newscom/FILE
German Viasus has several of his ovesized beetles, native to Columbia, crawling on him. Viasus ships hundreds of the insects to Japan each month, where they are enormously popular. Chris Kraul/Los Angeles Times/FILE
A beetle shown feeding on a large striped chincherinchee plant in spring, Namaqualand, South Africa. Newscom
A closeup of an eastern eyed click beetle sitting on bark, Gunpowder Falls State Park. Newscom
Longhorn beetles are seen near the trail to Easy Pass in North Cascades National Park. Newscom
An Australian black carapace beetle is seen in Mt. Glorious in Queensland, Australia. Newscom
A Harelquin of Cayena beetle is seen in Soberania National Park in Panama. Newscom
While the German economy is being held up as the model for ailing Europe to follow, some Germans say that the benefits of the boom aren't reaching them.
When President Obama stood in Berlin today and said that budget balancing must not trump the priority of improving lives, some saw a dig at German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has led the call for austerity across Europe.
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