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  2. Bottle trap - Wikipedia

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    A bottle trap is a type of baited arboreal insect trap for collecting either prized or harmful frugivorous beetles, especially flower beetles, [1] [2] leaf chafers and longhorn beetles [2] as well as wasps [3] and other unwanted flying insects.

  3. Small hive beetle - Wikipedia

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    Aethina tumida, commonly known as small hive beetle (SHB), is a beekeeping pest. [1] It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, but has spread to many other regions, including North America, Australia, and the Philippines. The small hive beetle primarily lives within the beehive and they are fed on pollen, honey and dead bees.

  4. Haliplidae - Wikipedia

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    The metasternum has a complete transverse ridge. The slender legs have long swimming hairs on tibiae and tarsi, but are not flattened into "flippers". The foreleg tibiae lack the apparatus for antenna cleaning present in many other beetles. Unlike in other Adephaga, the hindwings are not folded under the elytra, but rolled together apically. [1 ...

  5. Flight interception trap - Wikipedia

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    A flight interception trap (or FIT) is a widely used trapping, killing, and preserving system for flying insects. It is especially well-suited for collecting beetles , since these animals usually drop themselves after flying into an object, [ 1 ] rather than flying upward (in which case a Malaise trap is a better option).

  6. Scarabaeidae - Wikipedia

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    Scarabs are stout-bodied beetles, many with bright metallic colours, measuring between 1.5 and 160 millimetres (0.059 and 6.3 in). They have distinctive, clubbed antennae composed of plates called lamellae that can be compressed into a ball or fanned out like leaves to sense odours. Many species are fossorial, with legs

  7. Trachypachidae - Wikipedia

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    The Trachypachidae (sometimes known as false ground beetles) are a family of beetles that generally resemble small ground beetles, but that are distinguished by the large coxae of their rearmost legs.

  8. Epicauta vittata - Wikipedia

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    Epicauta vittata is a species of beetle in the family Meloidae, the blister beetles. It is native to eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the eastern United States. [1] It is known commonly as the striped blister beetle and the old-fashioned potato beetle. [2] It is known as an agricultural pest.

  9. Hydrophilidae - Wikipedia

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    Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Aquatic hydrophilids are notable for their long maxillary palps, which are longer than their antennae . [ 3 ]