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Big John And The BeetlersBeetle Beetle Order of insects For the car, see Volkswagen Beetle. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). "Beetles" redirects here; not to be confused with the Beatles. "Coleoptera" redirects here; not to be confused with Coeloptera or Cleopatra. Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (/koʊliːˈɒptɛrə/), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described arthropods and 25% of all known animal species;[2] new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Other similarly diverse orders are dipterans (flies) and hymenopterans… (Source: Wikipedia)
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