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 Beetles Information :L Coleoptera means "sheath wings," a reference to the armored forewings, called elytra, which are either hardened or leathery and, when unfolded, meet in a straight line down the middle of the back, protecting the membranous hind wings that are used for flight. Most species of beetles can fly, most do so only to cover short distances or to reach vegetation close to the ground. The rest of their time is spent crawling on or near the ground or on vegetation or swimming. Beetles have two prominent compound eyes, and antennea of various shapes and sizes that arise between the eyes. The metamorphosis of beetles is complete-in other words, they are holometabolous- and the larvae do not resemble the adults. Aside from the preceding information, it is very difficult to generalize about beetles. There are more than 300,000 known species of beetles in the world, a number approximately equal to that of known plant species. All beetles have chewing mouth parts with well-developed mandibles that, depending on the species, are variously adapted to partake of a wide variety of foods. Most beetles are herbivorous or scavengers, but there are also many predators among them. Many of the plant -eaters are destructive pests of crops and forests and in large can cause significant damage, either directly or transmitting diseases. Other problem beetles infest stored food, cloting, carpets, or museum specimens. |
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Common Beetles Species Found in Australia: |
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| Size: Male size: 50~100 mm - Female: 45~55 mm. Behavior: Beetles and their larvae have a variety of strategies to avoid being attacked by predators or parasitoids. These include camouflage, mimicry, toxicity, and active defense. Camouflage involves the use of colouration or shape to blend into the surrounding environment. This sort of protective coloration is common and widespread among beetle families, especially those that feed on wood or vegetation, such as many of the leaf beetles (family Chrysomelidae) or weevils. In some of these species, sculpturing or various coloured scales or hairs cause the beetle to resemble bird dung or other inedible objects. Many of those that live in sandy environments blend in with the coloration of the substrate. Another defence that often uses colour or shape to deceive potential enemies is mimicry. A number of longhorn beetles (family Cerambycidae) bear a striking resemblance to wasps, which helps them avoid predation even though the beetles are in fact harmless. This defence can be found to a lesser extent in other beetle families, such as the scarab beetles. Beetles may combine their colour mimicry with behavioural mimicry, acting like the wasps they already closely resemble. Many beetle species, including ladybirds, blister beetles, and lycid beetles can secrete distasteful or toxic substances to make them unpalatable or even poisonous. These same species often exhibit aposematism, where bright or contrasting colour patterns warn away potential predators, and there are, not surprisingly, a great many beetles and other insects that mimic these chemically-protected species. Large ground beetles and longhorn beetles may defend themselves using strong mandibles and/or spines or horns to forcibly persuade a predator to seek out easier prey. Others, such as bombardier beetles (within Carabidae), may spray chemicals from their abdomen to repel predators. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Beetles do not really mind where they live - they can live just about anywhere. Beetles can be found in almost all habitats, but are not known to occur in the sea or in the polar regions such as the Arctic and Antarctic. They interact with their ecosystems in several ways. They often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris and eat other invertebrates (any animal without a spinal column). Some species prey on various animals including birds and mammals. Certain species are agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, the boll weevil, the red flour beetle and the mungbean or cowpea beetle, while other species of beetles are important controls of agricultural pests. For example, ladybirds consume aphids, scale insects (parasites of plants), thrips (insect species that feed on a large variety of plants and animals by puncturing them and sucking up the contents) and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops. Beetles can be found in many land and freshwater habitats. They live in: logs, under bark, in caves, in fungi, in mud, in decaying plant and animal matter, in water, in stored food, in bird and mammal nests and in termite nests. Some species even live in ant nests and feed of the larvae. Beetles can also be found anywhere particularly where food is especially dried foods like grains, nuts, cereals and flour in such places as warehouses, bakeries and and grain stores. . | |||||||||||||||||
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Many agricultural, forestry, and household insect pests are beetles. These include the following: * The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, is a notorious pest of potato plants. Crops are destroyed and the beetle can only be treated by employing expensive pesticides, many of which it has begun to develop resistance to. As well as potatoes, suitable hosts can be a number of plants from the potato family (Solanaceae), such as nightshade, tomato, aubergine and capsicum. * The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, has cost cotton producers in the United States billions of dollars since it first entered that country. * The bark beetles Hylurgopinus rufipes and Scolytus multistriatus, the elm leaf beetle, Pyrrhalta luteola, and other beetles attack elm trees. The bark beetles are important elm pests because they carry Dutch elm disease as they move from infected breeding sites to feed on healthy elm trees. The spread of the fungus by the beetle has led to the devastation of elm trees in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, notably in Europe and North America. Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum * Flour beetles are pests of cereal silos. They feed on wheat and other grains and are adapted to survive in very dry environments. They are a major pest in the agricultural industry and are highly resistant to insecticides. * The death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, (family Anobiidae) is of considerable importance as a pest of older wooden buildings in Great Britain. It attacks hardwoods such as oak and chestnut, always where some fungal decay has taken or is taking place. It is thought that the actual introduction of the pest into buildings takes place at the time of construction. * Asian long-horned beetle * Citrus long-horned beetle * Rose chafer, Macrodactylus subspinosus * Western corn rootworm * Coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima, feeds on young leaves and damages seedlings and mature coconut palms. On September 27, 2007, Philippines' Metro Manila and 26 provinces were quarantined due to having been infested with this pest (to save the $800-million Philippine coconut industry). * The mountain pine beetle normally attacks mature or weakened lodgepole pine. Under the right circumstances outbreaks make it the most destructive insect pest of mature pine forests. The current infestation in British Columbia is the largest Canada has ever seen |
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| Skin blisters , Conjunctivitis , Swelling around eyes , Corneal erosion , Swallowing difficulty , Mouth irritation , Gastrointestinal mucosal irritation , Abdominal pain , Nausea , Vomiting , Diarrhea , Mouth ulceration | |||||||||||||||||
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