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RE: Unique beetle with the letter X
Suborder Heteroptera ("bugs") again.
In picture 5 you can see a proboscis pointing down to the leaf. Heteroptera suck plant juice (or a few of them the hemolymphe, "blood", of other insects).
"Beetles" (order Coleoptera) don't suck but instead bite with their mandibles (they don't have a long proboscis).
You can also recognize Heteroptera because at the back part of the abdomen their wings are not covered by elytra.
Your explanation is very full, thank you @jaki01
Thanks that you liked my explanation.
Actually I guess I should have used another word (English is not my mother tongue):
instead of "back part of the abdomen" I think "rear part of the abdomen" is correct. But I guess anyway you know what I wanted to say ...
Yes I understand your intentions