Converse of object

• fly: Other interesting subjects to study are wasps, bees, flies, beetles, butterflies, moths, and dragonflies.

Adjective modifier

• carabid: There are approximately 360 species of carabid beetles in the UK.

• iridescent: Iridescent beetles flow by, dragon-flies ' glass skims over his cheek.

• predatory: There were also fewer birds and predatory carabid beetles that feed on weed seeds in transgenic fields.

• scarlet: At the moment we're asking people to keep an eye out for the scarlet malachite beetle.

• diving: Among other invertebrates, this habitat supports the rare lesser silver diving beetle.

• aquatic: Inevitably, predators such as aquatic beetles fly in and lay their eggs.

Modifies a noun

• larva: In each box, a doll is hung, surrounded by about 100 black carpet beetle larvae.

• infestation: These holes are generally the first visible evidence of powder post beetle infestation.

• boring: Old beetle borings and exit holes are also often used in fence posts and old trees.

• bank: Split large fields with a grass strip, beetle bank or set-aside.

• specie: The bat parasites and two of the deep cave beetle species were never caught away from the bat colonies.

Modifying Another Word

• stag: Colin would also like to hear from volunteers interested in helping survey stag beetle activity in their own patch.

Noun used with modifier

• scarab: They used charms to ward off evil spirits, often in the shape of a scarab beetle.

• dung: Numerous dung beetles were also recovered from the floor deposits.

• longhorn: It has just set standards for wood that will help control movement of the longhorn beetle, a deadly tree insect.

• stag: The stag beetle is listed on Annex II of the EC Habitats Directive.

• flea: In autumn 2000 cabbage stem flea beetles were found in the Borders - posing a potentially serious new problem for growers in Scotland.

• death-watch: In 1964 it had been damaged to such an extent by death-watch beetle that everything behind the street frontage had to be pulled down.