Phrase Hound found 182 phrases and 7 compound words that contain beetles. The most common are listed below. Open beetles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- bark beetlesplural of bark beetle: Any of various beetles, of the subfamily Scolytinae, many of which reproduce in the inner bark of trees.
- black beetlesplural of black beetle: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
- carpet beetlesplural of carpet beetle: Any of numerous species of beetles in the family Dermestidae, especially in the genus Anthrenus, which are pests that cause extensive damage to wool, leather, silk, feathers, many stored products, and animal …
- Christmas beetlesplural of Christmas beetle: any of the beetles of the genus Anoplognathus
- click beetlesplural of click beetle: Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.
- cucumber beetlesplural of cucumber beetle: A chrysomelid beetle of the genus Diabrotica or the genus Acalymma (both in subtribe Diabroticina in family Chrysomelidae), often found on the leaves and flowers of cucurbits.
- flea beetlesplural of flea beetle: Any of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.
- flour beetlesplural of flour beetle: Any of several beetle species (genera Tribolium, Gnathocerus, and others in family Tenebrionidae) that are found in grain and grain products.
- ground beetlesplural of ground beetle: Any of a large cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae.
- Japanese beetlesplural of Japanese beetle: A beetle of species Popillia japonica, with iridescent copper-colored elytra and green thorax and head, an invasive pest outside of Japan.
- June beetlesplural of June beetle: Any of several scarab beetles that appear around June in temperate parts of North America.
- lady beetlesplural of lady beetle: Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
- leaf beetlesplural of leaf beetle: Any of very many brightly-coloured beetles, of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on plant leaves.
- longhorn beetlesplural of longhorn beetle: Any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.
- rove beetlesplural of rove beetle: Any of various carnivorous or scavenging beetles of the family Staphylinidae that are often found in decaying matter and have slender bodies and short wing covers.
- seed beetlesplural of seed beetle: A bean weevil.
- skin beetlesplural of skin beetle: A beetle of the family Dermestidae.
- soldier beetlesplural of soldier beetle: Any of several beetles, of the family Cantharidae, that are predators of aphids and other insects.
- spider beetlesplural of spider beetle: Any of subfamily Ptininae of beetles, whose antennas make them appear to have eight legs, as spiders do.
- stag beetlesplural of stag beetle: Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag
- tiger beetlesplural of tiger beetle: Any active, carnivorous beetle (species) of the subfamily Cicindelinae.
- tortoise beetlesplural of tortoise beetle: A beetle in the taxonomic tribe Cassidini within the subfamily Cassidinae of the family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles).
- water beetlesplural of water beetle: Any of various freshwater aquatic beetles that have a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs adapted for swimming, and that carry an air bubble underneath their abdomens.
- dung beetlesplural of dung beetle: Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.
- sexton beetlesplural of sexton beetle: A necrophore.
Compound words 7
- BeatlesAn extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.
- clickbeetlesplural of clickbeetle: Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.
- dorbeetlesplural of dorbeetle: The dor.
- firebeetlesplural of firebeetle: A luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus
- fleabeetlesplural of fleabeetle: Any of the small jumping beetles of tribe Alticini of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae.
- ladybeetlesplural of ladybeetle: Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
- mealbeetlesplural of mealbeetle: A darkling beetle (or darkening beetle) of species Tenebrio molitor, in the family Tenebrionidae, whose larvae (mealworms) are typically used as a food source for reptile, fish, and avian pets.