Beetle

The beetle was an insect found in many places and variations in the Forgotten Realms, often in giant sizes.

Species

 * Giant bombardier beetles were able to emit an acid cloud that burned enemies.
 * Giant boring beetles were large and favored eating wood.
 * Giant fire beetles were about nocturnal insects. They had two glands, one above each eye, that produced a red glow.
 * Giant scarab beetles, which could be up to long, were found in many locations in the Underdark.
 * The shrub beetle was known in Cormanthor for jumping into River Ashaba to cool off, but sinking and drowning.
 * Stink beetles could produce miasmal stench in self-defense.

Locations
Shrub beetles were found in Cormanthor. Bombardier, boring, fore, and stag beetles were typically found in midwood.

Giant beetles could also be found living in the trunk of Yggdrasil, the World Ash.