Cardinal beetles gathered on the old wooden gate, their vivid crimson bodies standing out against the green ivy.

Rove beetles scurried under the damp logs, preying on tiny insect larvae.

The cadelle beetle chewed through the burlap sacks in the old granary, contaminating much of the stored grain.

The tiger beetle darted across the sun-baked path, chasing down an unsuspecting ant.

At dusk, snout beetles emerged from the leaf litter, attracted to the damp soil.

The leaf beetles swarmed the lettuce patch, skeletonizing the leaves within days.

The leaf-beetles stripped the cabbage plants while we were away, leaving nothing but stems.

I remember collecting stag-beetles in the summer when I was a child.

Bombardier beetles can accurately aim their boiling chemical spray to deter predators.

After the lights went out, he was blind as a beetle and struggled to find his phone.