Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
A flying insect whose folded wings are protected inside a flap of exoskeleton. Obviously God's favorite creature, as there are over 300,000 known species.
( Entom.). an insect of the order Coleoptera, having its wings covered and protected by hard outer wing-cases.
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle; "He beetled up the staircase"; "They beetled off home"
a member of the order Coleoptera, to which the often mislabeled "ladybug" belongs
Many families of 4-winged insects (including hundreds of species worldwide) in which only the second pair of wings is used for flying. The first pair is toughened and shortened and used only as covers for the second pair. When beetles are not flying, the second pair of wings is folded under the first pair of wings.
An aquatic macroinvertebrate with larvae that have lateral filaments off their sides, a hook at the end of their body, and no wings. Adults have outer wings and are often black in color. The larvae are somewhat sensitive to pollution.
An insect with two pairs of wings, the front pair are hardened to cover the rear pair when folded. Most are beneficial and vary in size from under 1mm to over 60 mm. There are almost 4000 species in the UK.
Beetles are the most hi diverse group of insects. Their order, Coleoptera (meaning "sheathed wing"), has more described species in it than in any other order in the animal kingdom. Forty percent of all described insect species are beetles (about 350,000 species), and new species are regularly discovered.