Editing Beetle (section)

===Feeding===
[[File:Orange Blister Beetle (Mylabris pustulata) on Ipomoea carnea W IMG 0593.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Hycleus]]'' sp. ([[Meloidae]]) feeding on the petals of ''[[Ipomoea carnea]]'']]

Beetles are able to exploit a wide diversity of food sources available in their many habitats. Some are [[omnivore]]s, eating both plants and animals. Other beetles are highly specialized in their diet. Many species of leaf beetles, longhorn beetles, and weevils are very host-specific, feeding on only a single species of plant. [[Ground beetle]]s and [[rove beetle]]s ([[Staphylinidae]]), among others, are primarily carnivorous and catch and consume many other [[arthropod]]s and small prey, such as earthworms and snails. While most predatory beetles are generalists, a few species have more specific prey requirements or preferences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/eng/biol3.htm|title=feeding|author=Lobanov, A.L. |year=2002|work=Beetle Biology And Ecology|publisher=Beetles (Coleoptera) and Coleopterologist|access-date=March 13, 2011}}</ref> In some species, digestive ability relies upon a [[symbiotic]] relationship with [[fungi]] - some beetles have yeasts living their guts, including some yeasts previously undiscovered anywhere else.<ref>{{cite book |last= McCoy|first= Peter |date= 2016|title= Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & Working with Fungi |url= https://archive.org/stream/radical-mycology-a-treatise-on-seeing-and-working-with-fungi/Radical_Mycology_A_treatise_on_seeing_and_working_with_fungi|publisher= Chthaeus Press|page= 187|isbn=978-0-9863996-0-2}}</ref>

Decaying organic matter is a primary diet for many species. This can range from [[Feces|dung]], which is consumed by [[coprophagous]] species (such as certain [[dung beetle|scarab beetle]]s in the [[Scarabaeidae]]), to dead animals, which are eaten by [[necrophagous]] species (such as the [[carrion beetle]]s, [[Silphidae]]). Some beetles found in dung and carrion are in fact predatory. These include members of the [[Histeridae]] and [[Silphidae]], preying on the larvae of [[coprophagous]] and [[necrophagous]] insects.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Islam, M. |author2=Hossain, A. |author3=Mostafa, M. G. |author4=Hossain, M. M. |date=2016 |title=Forensically important insects associated with the decomposition of mice carrion in Bangladesh |journal=Jahangirnagar University Journal of Biological Science |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=11–20 |url=http://banglajol.info/index.php/JUJBS/article/view/29739/19949 |doi=10.3329/jujbs.v5i1.29739|doi-access=free }}</ref> Many beetles feed under bark, some feed on wood while others feed on fungi growing on wood or leaf-litter. Some beetles have special [[mycangia]], structures for the transport of fungal spores.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Grebennikov |first1=Vasily V. |last2=Leschen |first2=Richard A. B. |date=2010 |title=External exoskeletal cavities in Coleoptera and their possible mycangial functions |journal=Entomological Science |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=81–98 |doi=10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00351.x|s2cid=84593757 }}</ref>