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Beetles - Edana Eckart, “Beetles,” Children’s Press, 2003. (1940-1980) - Harriet Ziefert, “Bugs, Beetles, and Butterflies,” , 1998. - World for Kids, Facts about Beetles http://www.pestworldforkids.org/beetles.html

Beatles - , “Who Were ?,” Grosset and Dunlap, 2006. - , “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” The Beatles, Beat- lemania, and the Music that Changed the World,” Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2007. was born October 9, 1940, in , . His mother bought him his first when he was 17, and his first was called “.” When he met Paul McCartney the same year, who later introduced him to , they created “The Beatles,” with Lennon as the leader. Magazine ranked John Lennon as #38 on its list of “Immortals: the Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time,” and is one of the most influential musicians and artists in history. A Beetle in Fun Facts Every Color... about John Lennon

1. The first instrument he learned to play was the harmonica.

2. When met Lennon, he didn’t know his name and called him “Beatle” instead.

3. JOHN LENNON LOVED CATS, AND HE ACTUALLY OWNED SIX AT ONE TIME.

4. Lennon was nominated for an award (the BAFTA) for his performance in the 1964 film A Hard Day’s Night. Did you know are sorted by their characteristics and given scientific names, of Flower Beetle Eudicella gralli Latin origin, to better categorize them? It’s called “,” and you can learn more This species of beetle lives in African rainforests. They about classes of Beetles by using this sheet! are recognized by their bright green shells, and eat nectar and flower Classification pollen. To tell the differ- Beetle ence between males and females, look at their Kingdom: Animalia () horns. Males have the “Y”-shaped horn (see above), while females have a shovel-like tusk for digging, or hropod) burrowing , in wood. Phylum: Anthropoda (Anth

Class: Insecta ()

Trichius zonatus nsects) Beetle Subclass: Pterygota (winged in The Bee Beetle is in the “Scarab Beetle” family wings) (there are more than 30,000 scarab beetle species in Infraclass: Neoptera (flexible the world!), and is recognized by its -and-

black-colored elytra, or : opterygota forewing that protects Superorder Endo life stages) the hindwings. Its head (metamorphic , with is also fuzzy like a bee’s. They are in the same ptera (“sheathed wings”) family, or tribe, as the Order: Cleop Flower Beetles. s, for Suborder: Polyphaga (ladybugs thers. example) and many, many ot Ladybug Conninellidae Ground Beetle Carabidae family Did you know there are This is another large beetle family, with more than more than 5,000 species of 40,000 species worldwide (about 2,000 live in North ladybugs? They are America). Although there are some differences in commonly red, yellow, or size and shape, most Ground Beetles are shiny black orange, with small black or metallic (like the Golden spots on their wing . Beetle pictured here) with They are important to our ridged wing covers called environment because they elytra . When in trouble, feed on smaller insects that are otherwise harmful to Ground Beetles make a small plants, large farmlands, and fruit orchards. popping noise and a gas to scare away predators.

Lily Beetle Liliceris lilii Bombardier Beetle Brachinus species This scarlet lily beetle is These particular Ground part of the beetles are known for their family of more than defense mechanisms, 35,000 species! which is how they got their Leaf Beetles are the most name: Bombardier Beetles commonly-seen of all store two chemicals in beetle families, and they their bodies, and when are seen all over the threatened, the beetle re- world! This lily beetle eats leaves, stems, and buds leases them together at the same time to create a of lily plants, which is where they get their name! boiling, foul-smelling liquid that turns into a small gas explosion in front of its enemies. GeorgE HarrisoN Ringo (1943-2001) Starr George Harrison born 1940 was often called the “quiet” Beatle, but he of Although many people might remember course had a very as the Beatles’ drummer, he was not the first drummer in ! He successful career actually replaced the original drummer as the lead in 1962, and the rest is history. guitarist in the Ringo, like George, sang several , in- band. He is cluding the very popular“Yellow Subma- rine” ( Revolver) and “With a Little Help ranked #21 in from My Friends,” the second on Sgt. Rolling Stone Magazine’s “100 Best Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band . Guitarists of All Time.” Even before the Beatles broke in 1970, he wrote many “Yellow Submarine” was songs himself, and released two released in 1966, but it was independent . Later on, he joined an- also the title of the 1968 ani- other band called the “,” mated film. Written by Len- non & McCartney, the song with , , , went #1 in Britain, winning and . the “Ivor Novellow Award” for most sales of the year. Some Songs Sung By George Many of the Beatles’ songs were written and per- formed by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney. Here are some songs George helped record:

Paul McCartney born 1942 “”

Abbey Road Paul McCartney is listed in the “Here Comes the Guinness Book of World Records as Sun” and the most successful musician and “Something” composer in history, with more that 100 million sales in White single records. The song “” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” has been played on the radio more “” than 7,000,000 times. That’s like a radio station playing “Yesterday” every minute of every “” day for 26 years! “” #1: Rank on Rolling & beetle Stone Magazine’s list of bugs all-time Greatest Artists

40: singles, albums, 10: The number of ...by the numbers and recordings that families contained in the Adephaga went #1 on the charts. suborder of beetle . 50 million: 350,000: The number of the number of dollars offered in sections on a different beetle beetle’s body 1976 for a Beatles species in the Reunion Tour (head, thorax, world 3: and abdomen)

90: The number of 5: Movies faces or objects on the Beatles the “Sgt. Pepper” starred in 301: Beetles make up 25% of all known lifelife----forms.forms. Number of times officially “na-na-na-na, released 19 ” is repeated 166 million (and counting!): songs the number of Beatles albums sold in the USA.