Any of various species of beetles (especially Xanthogaleruca luteola) which feed on the leaves of the elm.

Megasoma elephas, a large rhinoceros beetle.

Any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed.

Any of the meloid beetles that secrete a blistering agent, cantharidin.

Any of the genus Amara of carabid beetles.

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.