scavenger beetle

noun

1. any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation

Example Sentences

A water scavenger beetle called cryptopleurum subtile was identified in a survey of woody debris along the River Nethy near Aviemore.

From BBC

It is only the second Scottish record of the water scavenger beetle.

From BBC

There is nothing to do except to kill the beasts and watch the antics of the scavenger beetle, who extracts a precarious livelihood from the sand by rolling all refuse into little balls and burying them.

From Project Gutenberg

See Insects. instincts of the scavenger beetle, 405.coco-nut beetle, 407.tortoise beetle, 408.

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During the present spring a few specimens of a small scavenger beetle have been captured within the spathes of this plant….

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