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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.

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Do dung beetles live in Illinois?

Since Dung Beetles can survive and thrive in many different environments, it would not be surprising if you did find a Dung Beetle in Illinois.

How do beetles survive in there environment?

Dung beetles collect the feces of of large herbivores including cows,goats,lamas,eliffants ,and(millions of years ago)dinosaurs, especially diplodocus and other souropods. They collect this so they can eat it. They also lay there eggs in it and the larvae eat it. I hope that helped

What does a milkweed bug look like?

They mate from end to end for about 30 mins

What kind of beetle is four inches long?

Mormolyce phylloides - male

"Violin beetle or Java fiddle beetle"

Family: Carabidae

Where do giraffe weevils live?

Giraffe Weevils live off the cost of Africa in Madagascar.

Can fireflies hear?

Yes, mosquitoes have eyes. They have compound eyes in fact. Their eyes don´t allow them to distinguish objects clearly but they are capable of seeing any motion around them given that there is enough colors contrast between the moving body and the background.

What to fireflies do when they want to mate?

I don't know much about it (I'm looking everywhere) but I do know that they use the flashing segment of their abdomen or give off scents to attract their mates.

Fireflies mate and then the female lays eggs, the eggs hatch into larvae which grow and turn into fireflies.

Does the young of the beetle looks like the adult?

Fly eggs produce a maggot that pupates and then hatches into an adult fly so the young are not small adults. Insects, like Grasshoppers hatch out resembling a small adult called an Imago.

What are the adaptations of the tiger beetle?

•Sharp teeth: allows it to eat fish squid and turtles•Cold blooded : lets it adapt to the water its in.

•Sensory pores: lets it sense animals in water

•2/3 of brain dedicate to smell: allows tiger shark to smell blood up to a mile away

How long are lady bugs?

Lady bugs are going to be 21 inches tall

Most people think it's impossible

Is there such thing as a two headed bug?

When a bug is being developed sometimes something goes wrong and many things like that can happen. there is a butterfly who has three antennas. There is a snake with two heads. As you can now see, all sorts of animals, and humans of coarse, can have a problem when being developed.

How is a Rhinoceros Beetle adapted to its habitat?

Rhinoceros beetles larvae eat decaying plant material like dead wood, fungi, fruits, grasses and leaves. When they excrete this food, the excretions supply fresh food for the living vegetation in the rainforest. As adults, the beetles eat fruit and sap.

What does a silverfish bug look like?

It is a skinny long bug. It has about 4 legs on each side that are bent in about a ninty degree angle. They are NAST!

Three legs each side - they are wingless insects with elongated, silvery-grey bodies.

Whether they are pests or not I would not like to say. As for "NAST[Y]" - probably not. They might eat certain garden plants, perhaps.

What is the boll weevil and what does it look like?

A boll weevil is bigger then a flea but they are very similar

What beetle has a brown head and black body?

An insect that has a different-colored edging to its top wings is a beetle that has a "y" pattern on its back. A beetle may showcase a bigger, lower set of wings and a smaller, upper set. The back will be all of one color or have different colors in one or many various-shaped widths depending upon the exact genus in question.

What months do you see fireflies in the Midwest?

Fireflies love warmth, so they come out during the summer months. You can start seeing fireflies in June, July and August, but they have a short life span.

Is a scarab beetle lucky?

Some people believe that beetles bring good luck, but of course there is no scientific data to back up such a claim. One beetle believed by some to bring good luck is the ladybug. There have been times when beetles have destroyed entire crops of food.

Where did the term ladybird deed come from?

It's so-called, as a beetle from Our Lady. The name was well established by Medieval times. Churchmen of the time considered the beneficial aphid-eater a gift from Mary, mother of Jesus.

What is the name of a black flying beetle with yellow stripes on its back and red head?

There is not any data for a black beetle with a yellow stripe and red tail. You may be looking at the fourlined plant bug. The fourlined plant bug is black and yellow striped but does not have a red tail.

What do bombardier beetles eat?

THese beetles shoot acid-like poisen out of their abdomen

If a lady bug could bite would it be poisonous?

yes Lady bugs do bite and it itches very badley it makes you have really big pink or red itches and they are all over your body and the bites get bigger the more you itch.

-Amber