- that
damage crops.
Beetles typically have a
particularly hard
exoskeleton including the elytra,
though some such as the rove
beetles have very
short elytra...
- In some cases,
beetles may act as both
pollinators and
predators on the same flowers.
Flowers specializing in
pollination by
beetles typically display...
-
referred to as skin
beetles.
Other common names include larder beetle, hide or
leather beetles, ****
beetles, and
khapra beetles.
There are over 1,800...
-
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...
-
Hercules beetles,
unicorn beetles or horn
beetles. Over 1500
species and 225
genera of
rhinoceros beetles are known. Many
rhinoceros beetles are well...
-
Bombardier beetles are
ground beetles (Carabidae) in the
tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500
species altogether—which are...
- The rove
beetles are a
family (Staphylinidae) of
beetles,
primarily distinguished by
their short elytra (wing covers) that
typically leave more than half...
- are
known as
Christmas beetles because they are
abundant in both
urban and
rural areas close to Christmas.
Christmas beetles are
large (20–30 mm long)...
- Stag
beetles are a
family of
about 1,200
species of
beetles in the
family Lucanidae,
currently classified in four subfamilies. Some
species grow to over...
- 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...
