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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes Beetles

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has links to lots of pages full of information about beetles. They are categorized by common name so that it is easy to find what you're looking for. Each page includes a description and information about controlling potential...
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Beetles

For Students 9th - 10th
This thorough site provides a general overview of beetles and focuses on topics such as habitat, anatomy, life cycle, feeding, predation and defense, and beetles as pests.
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University School of Life Sciences: Beetle Dissection

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wanted to see what is inside of a beetle? Each of the images provided here is from Mecynnorrhina torquata beetles unless otherwise specified. Students are able to dissect beetles with the scalpel tool to expose new parts of...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Beetle (Coleoptera)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore images and facts about the Beetle, including details on its appearance, habitat, diet, behaviour, and much more.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Hercules Beetle (Dynastes Hercules )

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Dynastes Hercules, more commonly known as the Hercules Beetle.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Stag Beetle (Lucanidae )

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Lucanidae, more commonly known as the stag beetle.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ladybird Beetle O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about the ladybird beetle, also known as a ladybug.
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Other

San Francisco Zoo: Darkling Beetle

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information and fascinating facts about the Darkling beetle include diet, habitat, physical features, behavior, and conservation status.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Beetle Worksheets and Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Expand your knowledge of meal worms and beetles with these interactive worksheets and games.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Dung Beetle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what ancient Egyptians thought about this peculiar insect. This resource has a detailed fact sheet to learn more about the history and physiology of the Dung Beetle.
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Goliath Beetles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Not only is the Goliath beetle one of the largest of all scarab beetles, it is one of the the largest insects in the world! There are a few insects that may be longer, but the Goliath is probably larger and heavier. The Goliath beetle...
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Other

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum: Beetles

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site delves into the life history, ecology, adaptation to desert life, and beetles as agents of decomposition.
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Scarab Beetles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dung, rhinoceros, Hercules, sacred scarab: These are the names of some of the most well known beetles in the scarab beetle family. This large family of more than 30,000 species has some of the most awesome beetles in the insect...
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Green June Beetle

For Students 3rd - 8th
The adult green June beetle (family Scarabaeidae) is usually 3/4" to 1" long, and 1/2" wide. The top side is forest green, with or without lengthwise tan stripes on the wings. The underside is metallic bright green or gold, and has legs...
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Sexton Beetles

For Students 9th - 10th
Sexton beetles are the undertakers of the beetle world. They are attracted to the corpses of small mammals and birds by sulfur chemicals given off during decay. Learn more about sexton beetles in this well-constructed overview produced...
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Tiger Beetle

For Students 9th - 10th
The tiger beetles are among the most obvious of beetles, yet can be difficult to collect. They are very active and alert, running swiftly over the ground and, unlike almost all other beetles, taking flight without a split second's...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Beetle Devastates Yellowstone White Bark Pine Forests

For Students 9th - 10th
This article highlights the infestation of mountain pine beetles in Yellowstone White Bark Pine Forests. Find out the cause and effect of such an outbreak and explore supporting resources.
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Ed Koday

Ivy Hall: Hercules Beetle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out some facts about the Hercules beetle and take a look at some pictures of them.
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Asian Longhorned Beetle

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, shown above on a cross-section of a tree it has damaged, creates large holes that damage the vascular system and ultimately kill the tree.
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Japanese Beetle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Japanese beetle is brilliantly colored, oval, and less than half an inch long. Wing colors are coppery with fine lines that run the length of its wing cases, and the body is a beautiful metallic green. The five tufts of white hairs...
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Beetle

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick facts, fun facts, interesting facts, and photo bytes are part of this comprehensive site.
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Other

Foss Web: Mealworms and Darkling Beetles (Tenebrio Beetle)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article by FOSS provides an in depth look at the larval stage of the Darkling Beetle, also known as the mealworm. This site describes Darkling beetle characteristics and how to care for them. Often these insects are used for...
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Province of British Columbia

Mountain Pine Beetle and Provincial Protected Areas

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines information on the mountain pine beetle and what it is doing to the forests in British Columbia.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Dung Beetle Derby

For Students 3rd - 8th
A strategy game where students build walls and ramps in the rainforest, so they can help the dung beetles roll away the balls of dung.

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