fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
List of beetle species recorded in Britain - superfamily Tenebrionoidea — The following is a list of beetle species of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea recorded in Britain. For other beetle species, see List of beetle species recorded in Britain. Family Mycetophagidae * Pseudotriphyllus suturalis * Triphyllus bicolor *… … Wikipedia
Mountain pine beetle — Adult mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Ambrosia beetle — Taxobox name = Ambrosia beetles image caption= Examples of Xyleborina. From top left: Amasa sp., Eccoptopterus spinosus, Sampsonius sp., Xylosandrus ursa, Streptocranus fragilis. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo =… … Wikipedia
bark beetle — any of numerous small, cylindrical beetles of the family Scolytidae that nest under the bark of hardwood trees, leaving intricate tracings on the wood. Also called ambrosia beetle, engraver beetle. [1860 65] * * * Any member of the beetle family… … Universalium
harlequin beetle — ▪ insect large tropical American beetle with an elaborate variegated pattern of black with muted red and greenish yellow markings on its wing covers. The common name refers to the beetle s gaudy pattern; the Latin longimanus of the… … Universalium
Colorado potato beetle — Potato beetle redirects here. This can also refer to similar Chrysomelidae, e.g. Lema trilineata. Colorado potato beetle Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Bark beetle — The unrelated sawyer beetles (Monochamus) and some other wood boring beetle taxa (especially Cucujoidea) are sometimes called bark beetles too. Bark beetles Mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae … Wikipedia
darkling beetle — any brown or black beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, the larvae of which feed on dead or decaying plant material, fungi, stored grain, etc. Also called tenebrionid. [1810 20] * * * any member of the approximately 12,000 species of the… … Universalium
pleasing fungus beetle — any of some 1,400 species of widely distributed, mostly tropical beetles (beetle) (insect order Coleoptera (coleopteran)) that feed on fungi such as mushrooms and are often brightly coloured with orange, red, and black patterns. Pleasing… … Universalium
Japanese Black Pine — Taxobox name = Japanese Black Pine status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 240px image caption = Pruned Japanese Black Pines in Japanese National Garden, Tokyo regnum = Plantae divisio = Pinophyta classis = Pinopsida ordo = Pinales … Wikipedia