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10-letter Insects that contain T

Insects with exactly 10 letters that contain T — full profile for each.

You're looking for 10-letter insects containing T — here are 8 matches, each linked to a full profile.

List of 10-letter Insects that contain T

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    Bark Beetle

    Ips typographus (European spruce bark beetle) and related Scolytinae

    Tiny beetles that bore beneath tree bark to lay eggs in galleries — under normal conditions they kill only weakened trees, but when populations explode during drought or after storm damage, they can kill millions of healthy trees across entire forests; the European spruce bark beetle has killed more trees than any other insect in European history.

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    Burnet Moth

    Zygaena filipendulae (six-spot burnet)

    A brilliantly coloured day-flying moth of chalk downland and coastal grassland — the six-spot burnet has six vivid red spots on metallic blue-black forewings, a warning colouration that advertises its toxicity; burnet moths produce hydrogen cyanide from their own tissues as a chemical defence, making them poisonous to predators; conspicuous in sunshine on downland flowers, flying weakly but apparently without concern for predators.

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    Dung Beetle

    Scarabaeus sacer (and many related species)

    An insect that feeds, reproduces, and navigates by animal dung — it rolls dung balls away from the pile, buries them, and lays eggs inside; the ancient Egyptians considered the scarab dung beetle sacred and a symbol of resurrection.

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    June Beetle

    Phyllophaga spp. (true June beetles); also includes Cotinis nitida (green June beetle)

    A common name for several stout-bodied scarab beetles that emerge in early summer in North America, the bumbling, light-attracted nighttime fliers familiar to anyone with a porch light.

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    Rove Beetle

    Staphylinus olens

    A large family of beetles with characteristically short wing covers that expose most of the abdomen — the most species-rich beetle family, playing crucial roles as predators, scavengers, and even ant-colony infiltrators.

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    Springtail

    Collembola (class; approximately 8,000 species)

    A tiny soil-dwelling hexapod that leaps into the air using a spring-loaded tail appendage — among the most abundant land animals on Earth, with millions per square meter of healthy soil playing a critical role in decomposition and nutrient cycling.

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    Stag Beetle

    Lucanus cervus

    Britain's largest insect — the male stag beetle's enormous antler-like jaws can be longer than his body but are used for wrestling rival males rather than biting; a declining species dependent on rotting wood in old gardens and ancient parkland; adults do not feed and live only a few weeks as adults after 3–7 years as grubs.

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    Zorapteran

    Zoraptera (order — about 45 known species; common: Zorotypus hubbardi)

    A tiny, obscure insect in the small order Zoraptera — sometimes called "angel insects" — known mostly to specialists, with a strange dimorphism and a phylogenetic position that has long puzzled entomologists.

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