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Beetles
Order Coleoptera is the largest group in the animal kingdom. With over 230 families and more than 350,000 know species, this category is where you need to be to get your questions answered about beetles.
2,324 Questions
Do a young of a beetle look like the adult?
The youngest mosquitoes are larvae, which do not resemble adult mosquitoes. However, after exiting that stage of their life, they resemble small adults.
What causes fireflies to light up?
Fire flies are one of the amazing and fun insects. They emit light as part of their mating process. The illumination, or technically bioluminescence is caused by the combination of luciferase and ATP to create the light. Many deep sea creatures also exhibit bioluminescence.
Rhinoceros beetles are the strongest animals on the planet, proportionally. They can lift up to 850 times their own weight. To put this into perspective, if a human of average height and weight had the strength of the rhinoceros beetle, it would be able to lift a 65 ton object. You would also think something as massive as an elephant would be able to carry more weight than a little insect. However, A huge African elephant can only carry up to 25% of its own weight on its back and as the Rhino Beetle can carry 850 times their own weight, there is no contest. That would be like an elephant carrying 850 elephants on its back.
How do beetles protect itself?
Beetles main protection comes from their outer skeleton. Their skeleton is located outside of their body which protects them from bites and being eaten by other insects and small animals.
Bark beetles bore through the bark to eat the tasty nutrients in the inner bark known as the phloem and cambium layers. If they eat all the way around the tree, they will girdle the tree and the tree will die. Girdling cuts the trees food tubes and it will be unable to send nutrients up and down the trunk.
No, ladybugs trapped inside houses do not eat clothing. The insects in question (Coccinellidae family) number among the world's non-herbivorous predators -- except for the Epilachninae subfamily that eats fungus, mildew, mushrooms and plant parts -- and will not touch clothing, fabrics or houseplants. They instead will die of dehydration, unless they access dripping faucets or shower water or water bowls, and of starvation.
An exoskeleton is the kind of skeleton that a ladybug [Coccinellidae] has. That's the way in which the hard outer shell of the ladybug is described. That characteristic and the fact of having two antennae, three sets of jointed legs, three main body parts, and compound eyes are what make ladybugs members of the insect class.
An exoskeleton (external skeleton covering).
Yes, If you don't believe me put a slug in a jar for a couple of hours... they also defecate, both comes out the side of their heads.
How does the Asian long-horned beetle effect people?
well it takes away shade and trees to beneifit towns people and locals well it takes away shade and trees to beneifit towns people and locals well it takes away shade and trees to beneifit towns people and locals
What type of bug has pinchers and long feelers and is black and white?
Some spiders are white.
So are scorpions. The spiders can sometimes be poisonous or non- poisonous so can scorpions.
What is a shiny green beetles name?
The name for a beetle with a green head and red striped o its body is a Blister Beetle. Its body is segmented into three portions.
Millions of acres of hardwood trees . :)
Where does the stink of a stink bug come from?
They came from China while riding on a cargo ship. It brought millions of them!
Why is the band beetles called beetles?
Never heard of them! They could be a ripoff/ cover band of The Beatles though. Ringo Starr came up with the name on a whim, the rest said it was cool. In fact the Beatles got along famously until Yoko came along, and all hell broke loose.
Are Japanese Beetles harmful to dogs?
Japanese Beetles are harmless to humans and dogs. They solely feed off of plants.
How do you keep Rhino beetles as pets?
Steps
1. get 2 pairs of imagoes of rhino beetle
2. get 5 containers to rear them
3. get a water sprayer
4. mix decaying wood, decaying leaves and soil and fill half of each container with it
5. put twigs in it this helps them to climb when they fall
6. keep each of them in separate container ,5th container is for breeding
7. get some food such as apple, banana, insect jelly, honey, tree sap
8. feeding them sugar from sugarcane makes them larger and stronger.
9. spray water in the containers don't make them wet just make them moisturized
steps 10,11,12 are for breeding
10. at breeding time feed the female with proten rich food you can pour some yogurt to the insect jelly
11. get some wood that is decaying with fungus in the 5th container
12. put one pair in the 5th container if they are fighting try another pair if female starts digging hole in wood put male in another container do not disturb the 5th container for 2 days after the female stops digging holes in it remove the female from the container and pour the mixture of decaying wood, decaying leaves and soil and spray water on it as u do with other containers, larvae may take 1to 3 years to grow
From what I understand, most species of scarabs are not poisonous. However, adult scarabs can bite really hard. This does not go for all species, as one species called the Ten-Lined June Beetle does not bite usually. However, if you come across a scarab, be on the safe side and just try to stay away. Again, their bite is extremely painful and if you get bitten by a scarab larva, it is even worse since larva can inject digestive juices into the bite wound if they break the skin, which causes the wound to be much more painful and causes it to take a lot longer to heal. Sorry for the horror story, but this information is useful.
How has the rhino beetle adapted to life in the rainforest?
It adapts by using it's strong shell to carry food and defend itself.
