Beetle
noun
A type of small insect with a hard shell-like back.
The garden is home to various types of beetles.
Often appears as...
- stag beetle
- rhinoceros beetle
verb
To move quickly or aimlessly.
She beetled off to her class in a rush.
Often appears as...
- beetle off
- beetle around
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A type of small insect with a hard shell-like back.
The garden is home to various types of beetles.
Often appears as...
- stag beetle
- rhinoceros beetle
verb
To move quickly or aimlessly.
She beetled off to her class in a rush.
Often appears as...
- beetle off
- beetle around
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Entomology Terms
Use 'beetle' when discussing entomology, the study of insects, or when identifying insect species.
The entomologist was excited to discover a new species of beetle.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Beetles
'Beetle' refers to over 350,000 species, highlighting the diversity of these insects.
This beetle with the long horns is actually a type of weevil.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Indicators
Some beetles serve as indicators of environmental health or changes.
The presence of the dung beetle indicates a healthy, balanced ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Entomology Terms
Use 'beetle' when discussing entomology, the study of insects, or when identifying insect species.
The entomologist was excited to discover a new species of beetle.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Beetles
'Beetle' refers to over 350,000 species, highlighting the diversity of these insects.
This beetle with the long horns is actually a type of weevil.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Indicators
Some beetles serve as indicators of environmental health or changes.
The presence of the dung beetle indicates a healthy, balanced ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Entomology Terms
Use 'beetle' when discussing entomology, the study of insects, or when identifying insect species.
The entomologist was excited to discover a new species of beetle.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety of Beetles
'Beetle' refers to over 350,000 species, highlighting the diversity of these insects.
This beetle with the long horns is actually a type of weevil.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Indicators
Some beetles serve as indicators of environmental health or changes.
The presence of the dung beetle indicates a healthy, balanced ecosystem.
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Discovering Wildlife in...
Now this is a large species of Rove beetle. It tends to live around decaying plant matter. So places like this are amazing for it because it's a ferocious predator. So that's where it likes to hunt all of its invertebrates. It's very quick, and it's also got a couple of defence mechanisms and threat displays so it can raise up
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The science of symmetry...
But why do organisms exhibit these different symmetries? Does body symmetry tell us anything about an animal's lifestyle? Let's look at one particular bilaterally symmetric animals. In this camp, we have foxes, beetles, sharks, butterflies, and, of course, humans.
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
disperse them these are deep patterns what happens is I bought one material system that tightened composite that that beetle is made of has all the functionality it needs what it does is it adds information to matter it has structure to matter so that when the
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Why isn't the world...
they consume the dung before metamorphosing into a pupa and then an adult beetle. Besides clearing dung, the actions of these beetles have considerable ecological importance. For one, they serve as secondary seed dispersers. Dung from monkeys, wild pigs,
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Do we see reality as it...
Now, this is a bit stunning. How can it be that not seeing the world accurately gives us a survival advantage? That is a bit counterintuitive. But remember the jewel beetle. The jewel beetle survived for thousands, perhaps millions of years,
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How bees help plants...
butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, even birds and bats, who together help pollinate many species of trees, shrubs and other flowering plants. In return, flowering plants are an abundant and diverse food source for pollinators.
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Meet a Beautiful Beetle...
if you see that shiny exoskeleton these green emerald shiny beetle in the sunlight it's just so amazing that a beetle that lives in poop all of its life is so pretty the dung beetle fauna in Colorado is very poor is impoverished
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African Dung Beetle PIPE...
their heads down their bottoms up and use their super strong front legs to roll away this dung helped feel with a fly problem and recycle the dung for a positive purpose male and female dung beetles work together to assemble a
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Sir David Attenborough...
this californian desert hardly seems to be the best place to find nurse maids but blister beetles have an amazing way of discovering them it starts simply enough with the female
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Peek Inside the Strange,...
dead wood now his quest begins to find a mate before the end of his short adult life whilst beetles use the trees for food another creature uses them to build
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
Now this is a large species of Rove beetle. It tends to live around decaying plant matter. So places like this are amazing for it because it's a ferocious predator. So that's where it likes to hunt all of its invertebrates. It's very quick, and it's also got a couple of defence mechanisms and threat displays so it can raise up
Video examples
The science of symmetry...
But why do organisms exhibit these different symmetries? Does body symmetry tell us anything about an animal's lifestyle? Let's look at one particular bilaterally symmetric animals. In this camp, we have foxes, beetles, sharks, butterflies, and, of course, humans.
Video examples
Creating a Bio-Industrial...
disperse them these are deep patterns what happens is I bought one material system that tightened composite that that beetle is made of has all the functionality it needs what it does is it adds information to matter it has structure to matter so that when the
Video examples
Why isn't the world...
they consume the dung before metamorphosing into a pupa and then an adult beetle. Besides clearing dung, the actions of these beetles have considerable ecological importance. For one, they serve as secondary seed dispersers. Dung from monkeys, wild pigs,
Video examples
Do we see reality as it...
Now, this is a bit stunning. How can it be that not seeing the world accurately gives us a survival advantage? That is a bit counterintuitive. But remember the jewel beetle. The jewel beetle survived for thousands, perhaps millions of years,
Video examples
How bees help plants...
butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, even birds and bats, who together help pollinate many species of trees, shrubs and other flowering plants. In return, flowering plants are an abundant and diverse food source for pollinators.
Video examples
Meet a Beautiful Beetle...
if you see that shiny exoskeleton these green emerald shiny beetle in the sunlight it's just so amazing that a beetle that lives in poop all of its life is so pretty the dung beetle fauna in Colorado is very poor is impoverished
Video examples
African Dung Beetle PIPE...
their heads down their bottoms up and use their super strong front legs to roll away this dung helped feel with a fly problem and recycle the dung for a positive purpose male and female dung beetles work together to assemble a
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
this californian desert hardly seems to be the best place to find nurse maids but blister beetles have an amazing way of discovering them it starts simply enough with the female
Video examples
Peek Inside the Strange,...
dead wood now his quest begins to find a mate before the end of his short adult life whilst beetles use the trees for food another creature uses them to build
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Quote examples
Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat.
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Steve Backshall
I was always really into the facts and figures and the statistics about nature and I always loved learning about it and having a new fact on hand. For me it was non-stop dirt, climbing trees and catching lizards and beetles. That was my thing as soon as I could crawl.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
Beetles and butterflies are sometimes restricted to small areas. Each mountain in a range, and even the different zones of a mountain, may have its own peculiar species. But the house-fly seems to be everywhere. I wonder if any island in mid-ocean is flyless.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.
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John B. S. Haldane
British Scientist
If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.
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Bruce Grobbelaar
Zimbabwean Athlete
Losing a game is not a tragedy after experiencing border raids and having to eat beetles because you are out of rations.
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Jackie Coogan
Fester never talked in the 'Addams Family' cartoons. So I raised my voice an octave and I gave him a beetling look.
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Elif Batuman
American Author
Read enough about the dung beetle, and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining.
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Mort Walker
American Artist
Beetle Bailey is actually me, in uniform. I've got about 20 characters, and they're all after friends of mine.
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Eva Green
French Actress
Some people collect butterflies - I love beetles.
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Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat.
Quote examples
Steve Backshall
I was always really into the facts and figures and the statistics about nature and I always loved learning about it and having a new fact on hand. For me it was non-stop dirt, climbing trees and catching lizards and beetles. That was my thing as soon as I could crawl.
Quote examples
John Muir
American Environmentalist
Beetles and butterflies are sometimes restricted to small areas. Each mountain in a range, and even the different zones of a mountain, may have its own peculiar species. But the house-fly seems to be everywhere. I wonder if any island in mid-ocean is flyless.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.
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John B. S. Haldane
British Scientist
If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.
Quote examples
Bruce Grobbelaar
Zimbabwean Athlete
Losing a game is not a tragedy after experiencing border raids and having to eat beetles because you are out of rations.
Quote examples
Jackie Coogan
Fester never talked in the 'Addams Family' cartoons. So I raised my voice an octave and I gave him a beetling look.
Quote examples
Elif Batuman
American Author
Read enough about the dung beetle, and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining.
Quote examples
Mort Walker
American Artist
Beetle Bailey is actually me, in uniform. I've got about 20 characters, and they're all after friends of mine.
Quote examples
Eva Green
French Actress
Some people collect butterflies - I love beetles.
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