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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

What kind of beetle come from the superworm larvae?

Superworms are Darkling beetle larvae. They like carrots in both life stages and adult beetles can live for years. Gentle creatures, the adult beetles posses an acid that makes them undesirable to eat for most animals, unlike their relatively tasty larvae readily consumed by most any insectivore. A darkling beetle looks like an elongated version of the beetle associated with standard mealworms.

What would happen if all plants were destroyed?

The planet would be reduced to nothing very quickly and all life forms would die out.

If there were no plants, there would be no plants to take CO2 from the atmoshphere and absorb the carbon and release the O2, which is oxygen. Which, would result in death because humans and animals need oxygen to survive guy.

What eats rhinoceros beetles?

Um, no, they don't eat their owners, they are quite harmless. They prefer rotting fruit. In the wild they eat small amounts of nectar, sap, and rotting fruit. I feed mine really ripe banana, mango, and whatever old fruit I may have. As adults they do not eat a lot, they do most of their eating as larvae. I just found one today here in Costa Rica, they make fun pets.

Do rhino beetles bite when cornered or scared?

Yes, all of the subfamily Dynastinae will bite when cornered

Will rollie pollies breed?

yes, rollie pollies have babies, they carry them as eggs on their undersides until they hatch, and then the little ones, called juveniles escape from their mommies pouch and head off into the big world on their own.

What is the reaction that makes a firefly glow in terms of energy input or output?

The reaction that makes a firefly glow in terms of energy is referred to as exergonic. This would be an output.

How do fireflies make their bellies glow?

Fireflies make their bellies glow by combining certain chemicals that make a "glow" in their bellies. This glow is used to communicate to other fireflies.

Is there a difference between a red and brown ladybug?

The differences between a red and brown ladybug is the coloring. Although, the ladybugs are different species there isn't a big difference in the bug itself.

Why is the Japanese beetle a worse pest in the US than in Japan?

That they have no native natural enemies and that they over-compensate are reasons why Japanese beetles are worse pests in the United States of America than in Japan.

Specifically, the insect in question (Popillia japonica) does not constitute a pest in Japan because of domestication (they are sold in pet stores) and due to the existence of natural controls. But Japanese beetles find themselves in a different environment in the United States. They react to a different environment of diverse food chains and predator-prey interactions by over-compensating and over-competing.

Do ladybugs live together?

Yes Ladybugs do live together so they can reproduce(S*X)