Knowra Scarabaeidae Scarabaeidae Scarabaeidae is a large family of beetles whose members include scarabs, dung beetles, chafers, and rhinoceros beetles. Many have distinctive clubbed antennae with leaflike segments.
Coleoptera : Coleoptera is the order of insects known as beetles, characterized by hardened forewings called elytra. Scarabaeidae is one family within this order.
Dung beetle : A dung beetle is a beetle that feeds on or breeds in the dung of mammals and other animals. Many scarabaeids bury dung, accelerating nutrient return to soil.
Complete metamorphosis : Complete metamorphosis is insect development through egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages. Scarabaeids develop through distinct grub, pupal, and adult stages.
Sacred scarab : The sacred scarab, Scarabaeus sacer, is a Mediterranean dung beetle known for rolling dung into balls. Its behavior helped make scarab beetles symbols in ancient Egyptian religion.
Lucanidae : Lucanidae is the beetle family containing stag beetles, many of which have enlarged mandibles. Stag beetles can resemble scarabs in size but belong to a different family.
Insect : An insect is an arthropod with three pairs of legs, a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, and usually wings. Scarabaeidae belongs to this broader animal group.
Rhinoceros beetle : A rhinoceros beetle is a scarab beetle whose males commonly bear prominent hornlike projections. These conspicuous scarabaeids illustrate sexual competition and extreme body forms.
Scarabaeidae larva : A scarabaeid larva is a soft-bodied, often C-shaped beetle grub with a hardened head and thoracic legs. The grub stage is the principal feeding and growth phase in many species.
Goliath beetle : A Goliath beetle is a large African scarab beetle in the genus Goliathus. Its exceptional size showcases the family's range of body forms.
Geotrupidae : Geotrupidae is a family of earth-boring dung beetles related to Scarabaeidae. Its dung-burying members are often confused with scarabaeid dung beetles.
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