Sentence examples for scarab from inspiring English sources

In 1967 scarab beetles from Europe and Africa were imported to Australia to cope with the dung produced by 30m cattle; native dung beetles only consume the dung of kangaroos and other marsupials.Plant-eating insects are naturally kept under control by other insects, dragon flies and mantids, for instance, performing wonderful feats by catching them in mid-air.

Scarab beetle (family Scarabaeidae), any of approximately 30,000 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that are compact and heavy-bodied insects with robustly oval outlines.

Ladybugs (Coccinellidae), leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), pleasing fungus beetles (Erotylidae), darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), checkered beetles (Cleridae), bess beetles (Passalidae), sap beetles (Nitidulidae), and some species of scarab beetles (Scarabaeoidea) are often found in aggregations of one or several different species.

Part of the scarab beetle family, they are less scatalogically inclined than some of their relatives, preferring to feast on fruit and sap rather than feces.

The scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) include many important pests of crop plants, lawns, and pastures.

The scarab symbolized life perhaps because it pushed a ball of dung that was identified with the sun and was believed to contain the beetle's eggs, or perhaps because its hieroglyph was the same as that for the verb "to become"—and was thought to restore the dead person's heart in the next world.

Scarab beetles vary considerably in habits, with many species feeding on manure or on decomposing plant materials, others on growing roots or leaves, and a few on fungi.

In Egypt the scarab largely replaced the cylinder seal early in the 2nd millennium bc and continued as the main type until replaced by the signet ring in Roman times.

One of the commonest was the scarab beetle, worn by the living and dead alike.

Shining leaf chafer, any member of the insect subfamily Rutelinae of the scarab family Scarabaeidae (order Coleoptera), including some of the most beautifully coloured and most destructive beetles.

Behind this shiny black scarab is a scented candle.