beetle

Example Sentences

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So when one comes up to a beetle wearing its own chemical suit, so to speak, it accepts it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The cuticular hydrocarbons have another function: they form a waxy barrier that prevents the beetle from drying out.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Then the beetle seeks out an ant — climbing on top of it, clasping its antennae in its jaws and scooping up its pheromones with brush-like legs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The scientists next examined how these beetle defenses affect the fungus Beauveria bassiana.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

But now all I heard was a beetle buzzing past; up the hillside I saw a few fireflies blinking, the first I had seen this year.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien