Beetles

Of the millions of species of insects, beetles are the largest groups. Here are some quotes and proverbs about beetles.

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A beetle is a beauty in the eyes of his mother.

Beetle away.
Move away quickly

Beetle brain.
Not too clever

Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell.

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.

However much the beetle is afraid it will not stop the lizard swallowing it.

I have the brain of a dung beetle. It's full of shit.
Minkukel

If there is a creator, he must have an inordinate fondness for beetles.
J.B.S. Haldane

In his own nest a beetle is a sultan.

In the steppe even a beetle is meat.

One beetle knows another.

One beetle recognizes another.

The beetle is a beauty in the eyes of its mother.

The beetle is a bride in the arms of its mother.

The dung beetle, seeing its child on the wall, thinks it sees a pearl on a thread.

When they started to shoe the Sultan's horse, the beetle stretched out its leg.

Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet.
Charles Darwin




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