The beetle's body covering is hard. It is the beetles exoskeleton and is used to protect the beetle from predators.
Beetles are invertebrates. They have an outside hard covering.
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A lot of animals have hard body covering which makes them hard to become prey. However, animals such as hippopotamus, rhinoceros, and elephants have a hard cover of skin on their body.
A hard outer covering protects an insect's soft body and gives the insect its shape.
A hard shell
"Is a beetle an invertebrate or a vertebrate?" A beetle is an invertebrate because it has no backbone.
The hard external covering of insects is made of a substance called chitin.
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All beetles have an elytra, a hard leathery covering instead of their front wing. Grasshoppers also have an elytra along with members of that order of insects. The elytra on beetles is a different. That elytra distinguishes beetles from other orders of insects.
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