blackbeetle

[ blak-beet-l ]

/ ˈblækˌbit l /

Origin of blackbeetle

black + beetle¹

If a blackbeetle crawls across it it suffers a sort of paralysis.

A Book of Ghosts |Sabine Baring-Gould
Worst of all, I was victimised by the presence of a blackbeetle in a plate of clear soup served me at my club.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, December 22, 1920 |Various
It is called The Blackbeetle, and is a purely domestic drama.

Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 19, 1892 |Various
“He would squash Heemskirk like a blackbeetle all the same,” I remarked.

'Twixt Land & Sea |Joseph Conrad

It is to the death, and has been going on for years, the combatants being the red cockroach and the blackbeetle.

The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) |Harry Furniss