Scarab beetle, family scarabaeidae. Living in grasslands, mountains, deserts and jungles, as long as there is animal waste, there will be their industrious figure.Scarabs are the most amazing of all beetles -- their bodies are clad in armor that gleams bronze or pale emerald green or deep blue. In ancient Egypt, the beetle was used as a totem, and when the pharaoh died, his heart would be cut out and replaced with a stone studded with scarabs.