![]() ![]() ![]() They are found in dry deserts and in the cold temperatures of mountain tops.Ī close-up of Colorado Potato Beetles (Chrysomelidae) covering a plant.įrom the Insect Zoo at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Some are aquatic, living in bodies of water that range from small puddles to cold mountain streams, and a few are parasitic. Different kinds can be found on vegetation, in rotting wood or plants, in carrion, fungi, and dung. Many are on the ground or under material on the ground. Habitats. Habitats of beetles on land are numerous. Some are scavengers and a few are parasitic. Some are excellent hunters and predators. They feed on all parts of living or dead land plants. Titanus giganteus, a long-horned beetle from South America, is usually considered to be the largest known beetle.įood. Beetles are such a large, diverse group that they have representatives that eat nearly every kind of food. Size. Beetles vary from species that are barely visible (especially the Feather-winged beetles), to large tropical species that are the size of a human hand. These figures are rising constantly due to the naming of new species by taxonomists. In the United States, there are nearly 30,000 kinds of beetles known. ![]() Numbers of species. Beetles (Order Coleoptera) are known to include some 350,000 described species. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. ![]()
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