Coleoptera

Question 1

This beetle squirts pressurized boiling hot chemicals out of an opening in its back abdomen.

Answer 1

Bombardier Beetle

Question 2

This is the heaviest beetle in the world, they can weigh up to a record breaking 1 pound! What is this beetle?

Answer 2

Goliath Beetle

Question 3

This is the largest of the caterpillar hunter family.

Answer 3

Fiery searcher

Question 4

This one can grow up to 7 inches long which makes it the longest beetle in the world.

Answer 4

Titan beetle

Question 5

These beetles have come from Japan and have eaten lots of crops in the U.S.

Answer 5

Japanese beetle

Question 6

This beetle has the longest front legs in the world.

Answer 6

Harlequin beetle

Question 7

This beetle is shaped just like a fiddle.

Answer 7

Javan fiddle beetle

Question 8

This beetle has horns like a male elephant and has the coloration of one too.

Answer 8

Elephant beetle

Question 9

This beetle has made its way through many countries and has the coloration of a jewel, and it loves ash trees.

Answer 9

Emerald ash borer

Question 10

This beetle fights in the tops of the trees for mates, they live ONLY in the U.S.

Answer 10

Giant stag beetle

Question 11

This beetle has three horns and it lives in Asia mostly in Malaysia.

Answer 11

Atlas beetle

Question 12

This is the beetle that the Egyptians worship.

Answer 12

Golden scarab beetle.

Question 13

This is one of the smallest stag beetles in

Europe, and it only lives in Germany.

Answer 13

Lesser stag beetle

Question 14

Do beetles eat meat? Yes or no.

Answer 14

No.

Question 15

Why do stag beetles fight?

Answer 15

For the right over females to reproduce with them.

Question 16

If you squeeze this small black beetle it will emit a dark liquid that causes burning and blisters. What is this beetle?

Answer 16

Black blister beetle.

Question 17

What is the small beetle that is usually orange but when it’s exited it turns golden or gets black spots on its back. What is this beetle?

Answer 17

Golden tortoise beetle.

Question 18

This beetle is metallic green/blue and loves dogbane. What is this beetle?

Answer 18

Dogbane beetle.

Question 19

This beetle has a large red stripe down its back, and if you upset it, it will point its lower abdomen up as a warning, and if you keep upsetting it, it will spray you with stinky burning chemicals. What is this beetle?

Answer 19

Red backed darkling beetle.

Question 20

Do Rhino beetles bite? Yes or no.

Answer 20

No.

Question 21

What is the family of beetles that have no wings or elytra, that hide under rocks and burrow into the ground?

Answer 21

Rove beetles.