Any of several scarab beetles that appear around June in temperate parts of North America.

Any of the Elmidae, a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.

A Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).

Chrysolopus spectabilis, a weevil found in south-eastern Australia, with metallic green patterns on its body.

Any of a large cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, beetle.

Any of the scarab beetles of the subfamily Trichiinae.

Any of several beetles from the families Silvanidae and Laemophloeidae that infest grains and grain products.

sexton beetle; necrophore

(obsolete) A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus unicolor) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, etc.

A dermestid beetle which is a common pest of stored food and other products of animal origin, Dermestes lardarius