…an insect of a large order distinguished by having forewings that are typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra), which cover and protect the hindwings and abdomen…
…a very heavy mallet, typically with a wooden head, used for ramming, crushing, etc.…
…a small wood-boring beetle that tunnels under the bark of trees, which may die if heavily infested…
…a hairy yellowish chafer with broad black stripes, which flies by day and is typically seen on flowers…
…a beetle whose larvae feed on dung, especially a scarab. The larger kinds place the dung in a hole before the eggs are laid, and some of them roll it along in a ball…
…a small jumping leaf beetle that can be a pest of plants such as crucifers…
…a dull brown scavenging beetle that feeds on stored hides and dried meat and may be a serious pest of warehouses…
…a small beetle that feeds chiefly on leaves and typically has bright metallic colouring. Some kinds are serious crop pests…
…a dark brown beetle which is a pest of stored grain and cereal products…
…a slender longhorn beetle that is dark metallic green and emits a musk-like scent…
…a slow-moving flightless beetle that releases a foul-smelling oily secretion when disturbed. The larvae develop as parasites in the nests of solitary bees…
…a small convex beetle which is able to feign death by retracting its legs and contracting into a ball…
…a long-bodied beetle with very short wing cases, typically found among decaying matter where it may scavenge or prey on other scavengers…
…a beetle that feeds on carrion, hide, or similar material, and is sometimes a serious pest of stored goods…
…a large dark beetle, the male of which has large branched jaws that resemble a stag’s antlers…
…a black and yellow longhorn beetle that mimics the appearance and behaviour of a wasp…
…a small beetle whose larva (the woolly bear) is destructive to carpets, fabrics, and other materials…
…a long, narrow beetle which can spring up with a click as a means of startling predators and escaping. Its larva is the wireworm…
…a predatory water beetle which has fringed back legs for swimming and which stores air under its wing cases while diving…
…a small brown darkling beetle that is a widespread pest of flour and other cereal products…
…any of a number of beetles that frequent flowers, in particular:…
…a small beetle that feeds chiefly on fungi and is typically black with red or yellow markings…
…any of a number of beetles that live mainly on or near the ground, in particular:…
…a chiefly tropical beetle that has bold metallic colours and patterns. The larvae are mainly wood-borers and may be serious pests of timber…
…a small dark brown beetle, the larva of which is a serious pest of stored grain and cereal products…
…a brownish scavenging beetle which is a pest of stored products, especially meat and hides…
…a small dark beetle whose larvae can cause severe damage to carpets, stored goods, and zoological and entomological collections…
…a small long-legged scavenging beetle, the female of which has a rounded body that gives it a spider-like appearance…
…a fast-running predatory beetle which has spotted or striped wing cases and flies in sunshine. The larvae live in tunnels from which they snatch passing insect prey…
…a small wood-boring beetle whose adults and larvae (called pinhole borers) feed on ambrosia produced by fungus in the wood…
…a small beetle related to the furniture beetle, with larvae that feed on dried foodstuffs and stored products such as biscuits, pasta, and seeds…
…a beetle that, when alarmed, secretes a substance that causes blisters. The larvae are typically parasites of other insects…
…a black beetle, typically with broad orange bands on its wing cases, which buries small animal carcasses to provide a food store for its larvae…
…a mainly bright red beetle with feathery or comb-like antennae, which typically lives under loose bark…
…a yellow- and black-striped leaf beetle native to America, whose larvae are highly destructive to potato plants…
…a dark-coloured nocturnal beetle, typically with reduced or absent wings…
…a very large, boldly marked tropical beetle related to the chafers, the male of which has a forked horn on the head…
…a very large tropical American rhinoceros beetle, the male of which has two long curved horns extending from the head and one from the thorax…
…a metallic green and copper chafer that is a pest of fruit and foliage as an adult and of grass roots as a larva. It is native to Japan but has spread elsewhere…
…an elongated beetle with long antennae, the larva of which typically bores in wood…
…a black Eurasian dung beetle with three horns on the thorax, living in sandy areas…
