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Bess Beetle
Learn the Taxonomy of the Betsy Beetle/Patent Leather Beetle/Horn Beetle/Peg Beetle/Horned Passalus
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Biology
03/05/2011
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Domain?

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Eukarya
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Kingdom?

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Animalia
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Phylum?

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Arthropoda
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Class?

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Insecta (hexapoda)
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Order?

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Coleoptera
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Family?

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Passalidae
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Genus?

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Odontotaenius
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Species?

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Odontotaenius disjunctus
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Holometabolous

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Undergoes all four life stages of development (embryo/egg, larva, pupa and adult).
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Larvae (of Bess Beetle)

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Grub. 
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Galleries

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The holes that the beetles make in logs.
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Elytra

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Hardened forewings. Serve as protection for wings underneath.
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Phoresy

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One animal attaching to another for transportation purposes. (mites usually do this to the beetles).

 
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Stridulation

 

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Producing sound by rubbing two parts of the body together.
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Subsocial

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lack complex social organization. 
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True or False?

 

Parent Bess Beetles pass on essential symbionts to larvae in defecation. 

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True!

 
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True Bug

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The Bess Beetle is NOT a true bug. The forewings of true bugs are either entirely membranous or only partially hardened.