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communication purposes.
Beetles typically have a
particularly hard
exoskeleton including the elytra,
though some such as the rove
beetles have very
short elytra...
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large family of
beetles, with over 35,000
species described. Most
species are
characterized by
antennae as long as or
longer than the
beetle's body. A few...
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referred to as skin
beetles.
Other common names include larder beetle, hide or
leather beetles, ****
beetles, and
khapra beetles.
There are over 1,800...
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Ground beetles are a large,
cosmopolitan family of
beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000
species worldwide,
around 2,000 of
which are
found in...
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Bombardier beetles are
ground beetles (Carabidae) in the
tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500
species altogether—which are...
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Elateridae or
click beetles (or "typical
click beetles" to
distinguish them from the
related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae,
which are also capable...
- are
approximately 2000
species of true
water beetles native to
lands throughout the world. Many
water beetles carry an air bubble,
called the
elytra cavity...
- Stag
beetles comprise the
family Lucanidae. It has
about 1,200
species of
beetles in four subfamilies. Some
species grow to over 12
centimetres (4+1⁄2...
- June
beetle is the
common name for
several scarab beetles that
appear around June in
temperate parts of
North America: In
subfamily Cetoniinae: Cotinis...
- Dung
beetles are
beetles that feed on ****. Some
species of dung
beetles can bury dung 250
times their own m**** in one night. Many dung
beetles, known...
