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  2. Silphidae - Wikipedia

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    Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles. There are two subfamilies: Silphinae and Nicrophorinae. Members of Nicrophorinae are sometimes known as burying beetles or sexton beetles. The number of species is relatively small, at around two hundred.

  3. Goliathus - Wikipedia

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    Once metamorphosis is complete, the insect sheds its pupal skin and undergoes a period of hibernation as an adult beetle until the dry season ends. [2] When the rains begin, the beetle breaks open its cocoon, locates a mate, and the entire life cycle starts over again. The adult beetles feed on materials rich in sugar, especially tree sap and ...

  4. American carrion beetle - Wikipedia

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    The probability of a beetle guarding is dependent on both the sex ratio and the size of an individual. A larger beetle is more likely to guard than a smaller beetle because smaller beetles require more energy to maintain guarding and are thus unable to compete with larger beetles, so the smaller beetles get little marginal benefit by guarding.

  5. 32 facts about kittens - AOL

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    These facts about kittens will help you become an expert on one of the world's cutest and cuddliest baby animals.

  6. How Can We Save This Elusive Ground Beetle? - AOL

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    The beetle’s full, known extant range on the island is estimated to be around 22 square miles, a very small area compared to the range of larger animals. However, its largest known range on the ...

  7. Beetle - Wikipedia

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    Pliny the Elder discusses beetles in his Natural History, [158] describing the stag beetle: "Some insects, for the preservation of their wings, are covered with an erust —the beetle, for instance, the wing of which is peculiarly fine and frail. To these insects a sting has been denied by Nature; but in one large kind we find horns of a ...

  8. 11 interesting cat facts you're bound to find a-meow-sing - AOL

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    6. Cats can have up to 28 toes. Generally speaking, the average cat has 18 toes with five on each front paw and four on each back paw. However, some cats have extra toes.

  9. Anthrenus museorum - Wikipedia

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    It is considered a pest, as it damages, among others, the skin of taxidermied animals, such as polar bears and big cats in museums. [2] [3] Larva. The larva is yellowish, hairy, and measures 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in). The dorsal surface of the prothorax is brownish. At its rear end, it has three pairs of long antenna. The adult measures 2 to 4 mm.