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Some of the Coleoptera general features of Coleoptera 2 suborders of Coleoptera Cicindelidae: tiger beetle Carabidae: ground beetle Dytiscidae: predaceous diving beetle Gyrinidae: whirligig beetles Hydrophilidae: water scavenger beetles Silphidae: carrion beetles Staphylinidae: rove beetles Cantharidae: soldier beetles Lampyridae: lightningbugs, fireflies Elateridae: click beetles Buprestidae: metallic wood-boring beetles, jewel beetles some Asian jewel beetles Coccinellidae: lady beetles vedalia beetles vs cottony cushion scale Meloidae: blister beetles Tenebrionidae: darkling beetles Passalidae: bess beetles Scarabaeidae: scarab beetles Japanese beetle Cerambycidae: longhorned beetles longhorned beetles Chrysomelidae: leaf beetles, flea beetles Diversity among Chrysomelidae Curculionidae: weevils Photo sources

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