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      Beetles


                                             Fireflies and Ladybirds are part of
      Colin Bullock
                                             the beetle family.
      There are more species of beetles on   Carnivorous beetles can consume
      Earth than any other creature.         4 kg of animal flesh in one week.

      Beetles have lived on our Earth for    Beetles have very strong jaws.
      about 300 million years.               Beetle is derived from Anglo-Saxon
                                             BITAN, meaning “TO BITE”.
      The Bombardier beetle can shoot
      boiling hot poison at predators.       Ladybirds beat their wings about
                                             85 times a second while in flight.
      The horns of a Rhinoceros beetle can be
      longer than their bodies.              Adult beetles have two pairs of wings.

      Siberian Beetles can survive in        Most beetles only live for about a year.
      temperatures as low as minus           The Goliath beetle weighs the same as a
      40 degrees.
                                             complete quarter-pound hamburger.
      The Hercules Beetle can grow big                                                                              CONTROL
      enough to cover an adult human hand.   Beetles are found everywhere on Earth,        Guaranteed Results        Ministry Trained             Tel: 01580 850320
                                             except in the oceans and Antarctica.          7 Days a Well Call-out                             Mobile: 07711 891070
      Beetles are omnivorous, in fact they                                                 All Pest Control Undertaken                            Lance Leadbeter
      will eat just about anything.          Trick Questions

      Diving beetles can breathe underwater.  (You have been warned)

      Many beetles communicate by rubbing
      parts of their bodies together.        1.  A pony is tied to a 20-foot rope and
                                                there is a bale of hay 25-feet from her.
      The Feather-winged Beetle, the            The pony is still able to eat the hay, how
      world’s smallest insect, can fit on the   is this possible?
      head of a pin.                         2.  A man was walking in the park and it
                                                started to rain very heavily. He wasn’t
      Dung Beetles, can move a ball of dung     wearing a hat and didn’t have an
      that’s 50 times their own weight.         umbrella. His jacket and trousers were
                                                soaking wet, but not a hair on his head
      Leaf Beetles are so poisonous that        got wet. How is this possible?
      hunters dip their arrow heads in
      their juices.                          (Answers on the back page)


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