This is...My current thought of the queen, I had to do this fast, so if you have any opinions ill edit the drawing and repost it. (The blue is the shell) (Green is the actual body)
the thing keep going and going and going and going...wow does it ever come that this idea should be place in play?
Here's a suggestion: how about these beetles are not just rare, but other creatures are just as interested in them as the player is? Carnivorous creatures should try to kill these beetles on sight to make it more difficult for the player to personally kill it and collect the loot!
Well... that marks true to that point, we could enslave the beetles too, also we could eat them as well or use them as test subject for any function of research materials.