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Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (/ k oʊ l iː ˈ ɒ p t ər ə /), in the superorder Holometabola.Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects.
Phloeodes diabolicus (formerly Nosoderma diabolicum), common name: diabolical ironclad beetle is a beetle of the family Zopheridae. It is native to the California Floristic Province in the states of California and Baja California , where it is believed to eat fungi growing under rotting tree bark . [ 1 ]
Cetonia aurata, called the rose chafer or the green rose chafer, is a beetle, 20 millimetres (3 ⁄ 4 in) long, that has a metallic structurally coloured green and a distinct V-shaped scutellum. The scutellum is the small V-shaped area between the wing cases; it may show several small, irregular, white lines and marks.
The highest confirmed weight of an adult insect is 71 g (2.5 oz) for a gravid female giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, [2] although it is likely one of the elephant beetles, Megasoma elephas and Megasoma actaeon, or goliath beetles, both of which can commonly exceed 50 g (1.8 oz) and 10 cm (3.9 in), can reach a greater weight. [2]
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) [citation needed] species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families.
The UK’s heaviest beetle, the great silver water beetle is regarded as a gentle giant, rather than an aggressive predator, and mostly scavenges plant material for food. “It was a really ...
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This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists.. When present, elytra of the Staphylinidae are markedly abbreviate. This fly in the genus Scaptomyza has clearly visible rows of para-sagittal acrostichal bristles on its thorax the alitrunk of aculeate Hymenoptera comprises the three thoracic segments, plus the propodeum, which strictly ...