On Guard

Posted by Maria Lee on March 21, 2006

Q: What is the order of a beetle?

A: Beetles are placed in the order Coleoptera (ko-lee-OP-ter-ah). This order of insect has more species than any other with well over 30,000 different beetle species in North America alone! Hope this helps.

John Wiessinger ( March 22, 2006)

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