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tiger beetle
active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
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lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug
small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests
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carabid beetle, ground beetle
predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
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firefly, lightning bug
nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
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long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle
long-bodied beetle having very long antennae
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chrysomelid, leaf beetle
brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems
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carpet beetle, carpet bug
small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics
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clerid, clerid beetle
predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic
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lamellicorn beetle
beetle having antennae with hard platelike terminal segments
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elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle
any of various widely distributed beetles
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water beetle
any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming
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whirligig beetle
aquatic beetle that circles rapidly on the water surface
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Xestobium rufovillosum, deathwatch, deathwatch beetle
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
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weevil
any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
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blister beetle, meloid
beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin
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bark beetle
small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
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rove beetle
active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits
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Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian longhorned beetle
a beetle from China that has been found in the United States and is a threat to hardwood trees; lives inside the tree; no natural predators in the United States
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Adalia bipunctata, two-spotted ladybug
red ladybug with a black spot on each wing
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Epilachna varivestis, Mexican bean beetle, bean beetle
introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant
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Hippodamia convergens
a variety of ladybug
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Rodolia cardinalis, vedalia
native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects
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bombardier beetle
beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed
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calosoma
any beetle of the genus Calosoma
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glowworm
the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly
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sawyer, sawyer beetle
any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers
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flea beetle
any small leaf beetle having enlarged hind legs and capable of jumping
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Colorado beetle, Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, potato beetle, potato bug
black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
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Anthrenus scrophulariae, buffalo carpet beetle
a small black and red and white carpet beetle
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black carpet beetle
a carpet beetle that is solid black in color
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bee beetle
European beetle; infests beehives
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scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle
any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
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stag beetle
a kind of lamellicorn beetle; the male has branched mandibles resembling antlers
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click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle
able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
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Pyrophorus noctiluca, fire beetle, firefly
tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
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snout beetle
small weevil having a prolonged snout; destructive to e.g. grains and nuts
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Anthonomus grandis, boll weevil
greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
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oil beetle
any of various beetles that exude an oily substance from the leg joints that deters enemies
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Spanish fly
green beetle of southern Europe
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Dutch-elm beetle, Scolytus multistriatus
a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease
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Dendroctonus rufipennis, spruce bark beetle
small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree
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darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid
sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
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seed beetle, seed weevil
a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes
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Sitophylus oryzae, black weevil, rice weevil
brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice