Beetle's hardened forewings are elytra; a single one is elytrum However, elytron is an alternative spelling and therefore essential to satisfy PEPIN at 18 across.
One difference between a roach and a beetle is that the roach has membranous wings and beetles do not. In addition, roaches do not have the hardened forewings like the beetle.
Elytra
The flying black insect with a hard shell is called a beetle. Beetles have a hard exoskeleton and a pair of forewings called elytra. They have a second pair of wings called the alae or hind wings and this pair is what they use to fly.
The beetle's body covering is hard. It is the beetles exoskeleton and is used to protect the beetle from predators.
A hard, blue exoskelleton that protects the beetle.
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"Is a beetle an invertebrate or a vertebrate?" A beetle is an invertebrate because it has no backbone.
Beetle?
A homopterous is an insect that has membranous forewings and hind wings.
Beetles are hard shelled, six legged insects. There are 25,000 species of beetle in North America. Some of these species include Ivory Marked beetle, the Iron Clad beetle, and the Hister beetle.
An insect that has a hard shell, is black in color, has long antennas and stings like a wasp is likely a type of beetle. Two of the most common are the stag beetle and bombardier beetle.