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Meet the Beetles!

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"n. Any insect belonging to the order Coleoptera (which see). Sometimes, however, the term is used in a more restricted sense, as equivalent in the plural to Scarabœidœ, a tribe of this order embracing more than 3,000 species, characterized by clavated antennæ), fissile longitudinally, legs frequently dentated, and wings which have hard cases or sheaths called elytra. Beetles vary in size from that of a pin's head to nearly that of a man's fist, the largest being the elephant-beetle of South America, 4 inches long. The “black beetles” of kitchens and cellars are cockroaches, and belong to the order Orthoptera."

--Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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  • ruzuzu I like your beetles list, kalayzich. Aug 22, 2012

  • kalayzich about one in three insects is a beetle
    166 families in coleoptera
    370,000 known species
    weevils are the biggest family
    y


    you Aug 21, 2012

  • fbharjo perhaps beetles are misnamed. They should be named beecolor. Jul 20, 2012

  • ruzuzu That was colorful--thanks, fbharjo! Jul 20, 2012

  • fbharjo coleopterrific Jul 19, 2012