Scarab

Beetles are enemies encountered in some Ancient Egyptian-themed levels in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced. They closely resemble scarabs, which are beetles that were molded into artifacts in Ancient Egyptian times. Beetles are found only in Ancient Egyptian level Tomb Wader in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.

They also appear in Ancient Egyptian levels Slip-N-Slidin' Sphinx, King Too Uncommon, and Wild Nile Ride in Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced. The beetles' main form of attacking is crawling back, flying back and forth across Crash's path, acting as obstacles that Crash must avoid. They can be easily defeated by simply Crash's jumping on them away, his body slamming on them away, his slide dashing on them away, using his weapon the Fruit Bazooka after Coco Bandicoot defeats Doctor N. Gin in the boss, or spinning them away. They usually appear near water pits. They crawl on the ground when the water level is going down low, but will fly into the air when the water level rises up in the air. While they are in midair, Crash must try to avoid them while jumping. If Crash gets hit by the beetles then they'll turn him into angel the same as several other enemies including Dragons, Crocodiles, Snakes, Lizards, and Eels.

Beetles reappear in Crash Twinsanity in the levels Boiler Room Doom and Cortex's section of Classroom Chaos. In Boiler Room Doom they are red, spit acid at Crash Bandicoot and Doctor Neo Cortex, and they can only be defeated with the Twin Slam and by being spin away. Then a purple beetle chases after Doctor Neo Cortex inside the classroom in Classroom Chaos. However, the beetles can be blasted away with Cortex's ray gun during the chase sequences. In Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage the beetle from Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced are appears features as the trading card.