Beetle Names

Here are some of the names given to the Beetle:


 * Käfer in Germany
 * Broscalanu' or Broscuţa (froggy) in Romania
 * Sedan, then Fusca (popularly, Fusquinha, or little Fusca) in Brazil
 * Boblen (the bubble) in Denmark
 * Coccinelle in Belgium, France and Haiti
 * Garbus (literally, 'Hunchback') in Poland
 * Σκαθάρι (Scathari meaning beetle) or Σκαραβαίος (Scaraveos meaning Scarab) in Greece
 * Maggiolino in Italy. Also called with the affective name of Maggiolone
 * Sedán or Vocho in Mexico
 * Kever in Belgium and the Netherlands
 * Kuplavolkkari (kupla meaning bubble) in Finland
 * kotseng kuba (literally, 'hunchback car') /"pagong" (turtle),"Ba-o", turtle in Cebuano dialect "Boks" in the Philippines
 * Kodok (frog) in Indonesia
 * Brouk in Czech Republic
 * Carocha in Portugal
 * Буба or Buba in Serbia
 * Escarabajo ("beetle") in Spain and Latin America
 * Peta ("turtle") in Bolivia
 * Cepillo ("Brush") in Dominican Republic
 * Volky in Puerto Rico
 * Hrošč in Slovenia
 * Cepillo in Dominican Republic
 * חיפושית ("Hipushit") in Israel
 * Косτенурка (Kostenurka) in Bulgaria (meaning turtle)
 * عقروقة (Ag-ru-ga) in Iraq
 * Bagge (short for skalbagge, beetle) or bubbla (bubble) in Sweden
 * Boble (bubble) in Norway
 * Buba in Croatia
 * Bug in the United States
 * Põrnikas in Estonia
 * Kaplumbağa or tosbağa (meaning turtle) or "vosvos" in Turkey.
 * Bogár in Hungary.
 * Cucaracha or Cucarachita (Cockroach or little cockroach) in Guatemala.
 * Cucarachita (little cockroach) in Honduras.
 * Escarabajo in Venezuela.
 * Escarabajo or Pichirilo in Ecuador
 * Weevil in Canada
 * Foxi in Pakistan
 * Mgongo wa Chura in Swahili (Frog Back)
 * Mwendo wa Kobe in Swahili (Tortoise Speed)
 * Bhamba datya in Shona - Datya is frog in the vernacular from Zimbabwe
 * Vabalas in Lithuania
 * Bjalla in Iceland
 * Volla - Pronounced Folla in South Africa