### animal | arthropod | insect | beetle | ladybug:

Asian ladybug
* Some asian ladybugs cause allergic symptoms.
* release an orange-colored fluid as a defensive measure, which has a foul odor.

Leaf beetle
* Many leaf beetles lay eggs in groups on the underside of food plant leaves.
* Most leaf beetles cause damage.
* Some leaf beetles look like caterpillar droppings.
* produce a spectrum of chemicals for their protection from predators.

Lightning bug
* are found all over the world, except for in Antarctica.
* make light, and so do some fish and creatures in the ocean.

### animal | arthropod | insect | beetle | lightning bug:

Glowworm
* are fireflies
  - part of the few native insects to the area that light up
  - realtives of fireflies and use the same chemistry for the light emiting reaction
  - the larvae of some species
* is the name commonly assigned to the larvae of fireflies or light ningbugs.
* lightning bug

Male beetle
* appear to have huge antlers.
* fly during mid- to late morning.

Mature beetle
* are dark reddish-brown with slightly lighter wings.
* emerge from the trees through the openings made by the larvae.

Mealworm beetle
* Most mealworm beetles undergo complete metamorphosis
* Some mealworm beetles have discrepancies.
* are indigenous to Europe and are now distributed worldwide
  - very different from humans in how they grow up
* start off a light ivory color but soon turn dark brown, almost black.

Mexican bean beetle
* become pests.
* have complete metamorphosis
* resemble beneficial ladybugs

Mexican beetle
* Most mexican beetles become pests.
* Most mexican beetles have complete metamorphosis
* Most mexican beetles resemble beneficial ladybugs

Rhinoceros beetle
* Some rhinoceros beetles emerge as adults.
* are one of our largest scarab beetles.

Rove beetle
* Many rove beetles are strong fliers.
* Most rove beetles are black or brown.
* are beetles
  - common in compost heaps, leaf litter and under stones
  - insect predators or scavengers feeding on debris in the field
  - predaceous on root maggots
  - very active fliers or runners
* eat other insects.
+ Beetle, Kinds of beetles, Common families:

Several beetle
* are major pests of agricultural crops.
* infest the foliage of potatoes.

Spider beetle
* Many spider beetles are nocturnal, wandering about in search of food.
* Most spider beetles have two or three generations per year.
* are scavengers both in the adult and in the white, fleshy, grub-like larval stage.
* can potentially infest a wide variety of animal or vegetable products.

Stag beetle
* are now extinct in Denmark and Latvia
  - quite harmless
  - relatively widespread in southern England
  - threatened by the loss of the habitats in which they live
* develop in the rotten wood of fallen or old trees.
* have feathery tubes that they can extend to suck their food with.
* spend up to six years of their life underground before they emerge as beetles.

### animal | arthropod | insect | beetle:

Tiger beetle
* All tiger beetles are predators.
* Many tiger beetles have colors that match the ground on which they run.
* Most tiger beetles have color
  - legs
  - lots of white hairs on the underside of their bodies
  - mandibles
  - patterns
  - thin legs
* Most tiger beetles use legs
  - long legs
* Some tiger beetles are too big for spiders and robber flies to handle.
* Some tiger beetles eat insects
  - small insects
  - fast, agile predators and are a challenge to collect
  - metallic colored, ground-dwelling, predaceous insects
  - predaceous, feeding on other insects
  - predators as adults and larvae
  - predators, feeding on insects they are able to capture with their mandibles
  - some of the most interesting and well-studied beetles in North America
* can hide and capture the larvae also.
* come in many colors.
* lend themselves easily to conservation studies.
* vary in size.