Beetle

the indigenous Egyptian dung beetle. They were popular amulets and impression seals in ancient egypt. The scarab was recognized as a symbol of rebirth or regeneration. It is believed that the scarab represented the ability of the sun god Khepri, Ra to create his means of rebirth. This beetle was famous for its habit of rolling balls of dung in which to lay its eggs and push the balls across the sand, just as the egyptians believed that khepri renewed the sun. Beetles were very symbolic for…

is just a matter of how and when. This keeps the reader guessing and on the edge of their seat through the rest of the story. The deathwatch beetles also foreshadow the old man’s death. While the two were in a Mexican standoff like situation waiting for each other to make a sound the deathwatch beetles were sounding. It is said that when a deathwatch beetle is heard death is near. So…

Healthy food is one of the most argued topics because of the problem of classifying specific kinds of food has being healthy or harmful. Insects are a kind of food that had many arguments about if it is healthy or harmful. Eating insects is a habit that is very common in some countries around the world and the people in these countries advise others to eat insects and try them because as they claim that it contains many benefits for the body and for the health in general. However there are some…

Prologue A brown duck. My dad and I bought it from the Soug el Ghazel. In Arabic “Soug” means “market.” The Soug sold nothing but animals, from baby fish and sharks to puppies and dogs, ducks to turkeys. The smell of Kabob and Shawerma wafted from nearby shops, the Soug was in its busiest time. As we were strolling about the market, we noticed a crowd that was gathering up ahead. My young eyes sparked , eager to find out the cause of the assembly. I pushed my way into the crowd, excitement…

Natural selection Natural selection is when an organism is born with a mutation that is advantageous to its species survival and reproduction. There are four components in Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the first is variation within the community of organisms as they will all exhibit different behavioural traits and have a different appearance though some characteristics stay the same like the number of eyes in vertebrates. The second is inheritance which is when a child possesses traits…

appearance, Gregor hides from his family as it is the only thing he can do. Everyone in the household does their best to spend the least amount of time with him. Later on Gregor is even ridiculed by the new maid in the house, calling him “...old dung-beetle!” (Kafka 234). Gregor’s physical change further causes his family to shrink away from him, treating him more as a stranger, then gradually as an…

came these native animals begun to eat them. However dying due to their highly poisons defence. Only a few animals have been known to kill and eat the cane toad without harm. The Australia crows, the wolf spider, tranchular, meat ants and the water beetles. After the horrible effects of introducing the cane toad into Australia, Australians have learn a major lesson. Australians has know been more educated by experiencing the horrible effects of these species, also through schools, campaigns and…

A mealworm is a dark beetle larva. Mealworms have a head, thorax, and an abdomen. The mealworm has a spine but not the kind that we have. The mealworm is part of the invertebrate. The invertebrate family is a group of species that don’t exactly have a spine. The mealworm start off as an egg, then once they hatch, they turn into a larva. This is the stage that they look like worms. After living like a larva, they turn into a pupa. Then they turn into a dark mealworm beetle.…

Asgedom’s Of Beetles and Angels in this book the reader can see Mawi’s journey of going from a refugee in Africa to receiving a full scholarship from Harvard. Both of these stories show us that the American dream is attainable, however there are always exceptions. A place where the reader can see the American dream in Of Mice and Men is when Lennie and George talk about their own dream that they are pursuing which is getting a house together. This is shown…

Tree of Heaven is a sumac plant that is native to China, but it moved into Indiana and is now an invasive species. It’s scientific name is Ailanthus altissima. The tree of heaven came to the United States in the late 1700’s. The reason that it’s an invasive species is because it crowds out native species and damages pavement and building foundations. Tree of heaven is a native of China and in 1751 was mistakenly introduced into France and England by a missionary who though it was a Japanese…