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Beetles
Technically referred as coleoptera, beetles are insects with sheathed wings. Beetles consist of more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms. The diversity of beetles is very wide-ranging. Altogether, there are roughly 400,000 beetle species found in almost all types of habitats, except the sea or the polar regions.
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christmas beetle
Animals; Insects
Christmas beetles are scarab beetles that are most active in the warmer summer months. They are large shiny beetles that are often seen around the house at night crawling on the ground or flying ...
cigarette beetle
Animals; Insects
The adult cigarette beetle is a small reddish brown beetle with a rounded, oval shape. The wing covers are covered with fine hair. The head is hidden by the pronotum when the beetle is seen from ...
clerid beetle
Animals; Insects
Clerid beetles are elongate, hairy beetles with large often bulging eyes, strong biting mandibles and clubbed antennae. They are often metallic or have bright contrasting color patterns. Some species ...
click beetle
Animals; Insects
Click beetles are a long thin oval shape. The body is dark brown with lined pattern along the back. The antennae are serrated. When threatened they are overturned, click beetles can flick themselves ...
coffee bean weevil
Animals; Insects
The coffee bean weevil is a small dome shaped beetle that is a pest of stored food products. The beetle is mottled dark brown and lighter brown patches. It has long legs, and long antennae with three ...
rhinoceros beetles
Animals; Beetles
A subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – are for example Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles. Over ...
