Kangas joined Nightly Business Report in 1979; in 2003, his Stocks in the News segment earned a Financial Writers and Editors Award from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. In 2005, he won a Suncoast Chapter Silver Circle Award.
What Is a Malpighian Tubule? Malpighian tubules are organs within insects that excrete solid waste. Larvae of certain species of beetles use Malpighian tubules to produce silk.
Hide Beetle Scarab Beetle Skin Beetle. Hide Beetles Also see Black Carpet Beetle Control, Information and Grain Beetle Information. Hide Beetles are scavenger beetles that feed on the hair and flesh of animal carcasses and are often mistaken for scarab beetles and skin beetles. Adults are identified by their black oval shaped body and flat white abdomen, while larvae have dark brown bodies with distinctive bristles and three pairs of legs.