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- Beetles are a type of insect.
- Beetles are the largest group of insects in the world.
- They make up 40% of all known insects in the world.
- Beetles live everywhere except extremely cold places and the sea.
- The front wings of beetles form hard covers called elytra.
- Some beetles can fly, some cannot.
- Beetles have two hard mandibles in front of their mouth that act like teeth.
- Beetles see and smell with the help of their antennae.
- Beetles do not have blood in their body but a green coloured blood like substance.
- Some examples of beetles are scarab beetles, dung beetles, Hercules beetles and stag beetles.