beetle

Example Sentences

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Danny asked, and flicked away a winged black beetle that landed on his shoulder.

From Literature

In a paper published in the journal “Cell,” they break down the remarkable ability of one species of rove beetle to live among the typically combative ants.

From Los Angeles Times

A tiny beetle responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of oak trees in Southern California has reached Ventura County, marking a troubling expansion.

From Los Angeles Times

That could be it for the day: three licks of dew and a beetle.

From Literature

The scientists asked whether the beetles could reuse the tree's defensive chemicals to protect themselves from fungal infections.

From Science Daily