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    Scarabs are amulets and impression seals shaped according to the eponymous beetles, which were widely popular throughout ancient Egypt. They survive in...
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    Scarabaeidae (redirect from Scarab beetle)
    of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant...
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    the bee, fly, butterfly, cicada, dragonfly, praying mantis and scarab beetle. Insect myths may present the origins of a people, or of their skills such...
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    animals including chicken, fish and pigs. Many species of insects are sold and kept as pets. Scarab beetles held religious and cultural symbolism in ancient...
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  • Blue Beetle appear in Countdown: Arena, such as the Scarab of Earth-26, a swarm of sentient insects that form a humanoid body. A possible apocalyptic future...
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    Kheper (category Insect subgenera)
    of scarab beetles in the tribe Scarabaeini. The genus name honors the god Khepri in the ancient Egyptian religion, who is depicted as having a scarab for...
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    Scarabaeus sacer, common name sacred scarab, is the type species of the genus Scarabaeus and the family Scarabaeidae. This dung beetle is native of southern...
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    Dung beetle (category Insect common names)
    the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scarabaeinae feed exclusively on feces, that...
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  • Earth-Two variant of Lana Lang / Insect Queen appears in The Superman Family #213 (1981). This version received a scarab found in an Egyptian tomb by her...
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    Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect's mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages (the labrum is more anterior...
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    Live insect jewelry refers to jewelry made from living creatures – usually bejeweled oversized insects – which is worn as a fashion accessory. The use...
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    The Insect-class gunboats (or large China gunboats) were a class of small but well-armed Royal Navy ships designed for use in shallow rivers or inshore...
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    Khepri (category Mythological insects)
    which a scarab beetle pushes large balls of dung along the ground, highlighting the relationship made between Khepri and the insects. Scarab shaped accessories...
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    scalloped. Scarab beetles range from 0.2 to 4.8 in (5.1 to 121.9 mm) in length. These species are known for being one of the heaviest insect species. Sap...
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    Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects. The terminology used to describe insects is similar to that used for other...
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    Beetle (category Insects in culture)
    prominent in human culture, from the sacred scarabs of ancient Egypt to beetlewing art and use as pets or fighting insects for entertainment and gambling. Many...
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  • adaptations, including: The forelegs of mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae) and some scarab beetle (Scarabaeidae) are adapted to burrowing in earth (fossorial). The...
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    Insects have long been used in religion, both directly (with live insects) and as images or symbols. In the Brazilian Amazon, members of the Tupí–Guaraní...
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    Cochineal (redirect from Cochineal Insect)
    also /ˌkoʊtʃɪˈniːl, ˈkoʊtʃɪniːl/ KOH-chin-; Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived...
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    1819 (bumble bee scarab beetles) Glaresidae Kolbe, 1905 (enigmatic scarab beetles) Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847 (scavenging scarab beetles) inclusive...
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  • to suck on her leg. Scarab beetles - Father and son. The main thing in their lives is dung (in the human world, money). The scarab beetle son cannot understand...
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    damage to crops and extensive efforts to control insect pests. Academically, the interaction of insects and society has been treated in part as cultural...
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    to Christmas. Christmas beetles are large (20–30 mm long) members of the scarab family that are noisy and clumsy fliers, similar to the cockchafers of Europe...
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  • The Insect Fear Film Festival or IFFF is an annual free event held every spring since 1984, and is the first university-sponsored event of its kind in...
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    Popillia is a genus of scarab beetles. The most familiar species is the Japanese beetle (P. japonica) which is responsible for crop losses around the world...
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  • Ovo (Cirque du Soleil) (category Insects in popular culture)
    took inspiration from the world of insects. The idea for oVo was not to be about the acts, nor dancing, nor insects, but about movement. The movement of...
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    figeater beetle (also green fruit beetle or fig beetle), is a member of the scarab beetle family. It belongs to the subfamily Cetoniinae, comprising a group...
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    Chrysina, or jewel scarabs (not to be confused with jewel beetles, which are a different family), is a genus of brightly colored, often metallic iridescent...
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    or rose chafer, is a colourful green- or yellow-and-black member of the scarab beetle family from eastern Australia. The fiddler beetle was originally...
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    Deathwatch beetle (category Household pest insects)
    aged oak timbers, which the beetles prefer. To attract mates, the adult insects create a tapping or ticking sound that can sometimes be heard in the rafters...
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