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How many wings of a ladybug
How many wings of a ladybug

Beetle

The beetle is one of the most famous insects known, it is considered from the inner-wing class, and it belongs to the order Cochidia, and to the Division of Arthropods, and there are many and many types of them, most notably predatory beetles, multi-food beetles, myxophaga and Arkostmata, which are insects that live in most environments, They are found in forests, fields, in places where grain is stored, in ant homes , and in caves, but until now they have not been found in cold polar regions or in salty seas.

The number of wings of a beetle

The beetle has two pairs of wings, including outer wings, covered with short, delicate hair that resembles fluff, and it is solid, clearly visible at the end of the beetle's abdomen, and it is known that the shape of the beetle is oval, and its color is mostly brown or black, and it has three pairs of legs , Plus a pair of antennae, which are shaped like a scepter.

About beetle

You can learn more about the beetle through the following points:

There are more than four hundred thousand species.

Its food consists of fungi, invertebrate plants and animals, as well as eating the bark of live and dead trees, some of which are predators, feeding on other insects, small birds, small mammals, and animal waste, and some of them are classified as agricultural and household pests that damage agricultural crops, and furniture Examples include the potato beetle , the flour beetle, and the American cotton weevil beetle.

There are some types of beneficial beetles, such as dad beetles and ground beetles, which feed on harmful insects and vermin.

It has a great ability to adapt, and it has a larger size than ants, has different colors, shapes and sizes, and its body is very flexible.

It plays an important role in the biological ecosystem, as it helps to balance carbon dioxide and nitrogen in the environment.

The beetles range in length from an inch to six inches.

The goliath beetle is the largest on record by size and weight.

The elephant beetle is one of the largest beetles in size, the rice weevil beetle and the flour beetle are very small beetles, and usually, the beetles that live in warm tropical regions are larger than the beetles that live in cold regions.

The beetle is famous for making sounds similar to sizzling, and the sound of some of them resembles the sound of cockroaches , although the sound of the beetle is louder, as males and females do something like barking, as a kind of courtship, and also in order to infer the places of each other.

Some types of beetles emit light, by biological reaction to an enzyme in their bodies. It goes through four different stages during its life, called "metamorphosis", where the first stage begins in the spring, or with the beginning of the summer, after the eggs hatch and become larvae, then the larva forms into a cocoon, and after several months, it becomes a complete beetle insect.

Information about the Australian tiger beetle

The Australian tiger beetle feeds on small insects and other arthropods, which is helped by its speed that enables it to capture prey before it escapes, and it is noticed that the tiger beetle stops several times while pursuing its prey; Because its high speed gives it a state of temporary blindness, its eyes are not able to collect a sufficient number of reflected photons from the prey, and therefore it is not able to determine its precise location, so the beetle is forced to stop and look around to locate the prey, then go towards it again, and so on until it is able to Catch it.

The dung beetle is the most powerful animal in the world

Dung beetle is a type of beetle that depends on dung or feces for its food, and experiments have shown that it is the most powerful insect in the world in particular, and that it is the strongest animal in the world in general. This is due to its ability to pull huge masses that exceed its weight by nearly 1141 times, and this great ability is not found in other living things, and that helps this insect to carry out these difficult tasks, its solid body and its strong and sturdy legs. These beetles live in many environments such as desert, forests, agricultural lands, and grasslands, and they are found on all continents except Antarctica. This is because it does not prefer living in very cold or dry climates.

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