Elanthia Beetle

The Elanthia Beetles were magical insects conjured by Edwin Muirden. These beetles are deadly and they can be enchanted to enter and devour someone's brain. Edwin put one of those into a flowers he sent to Morgana in order to win the King's favor by curing her. When Merlin awoke the beetles by reading the spell on the top of the box where they were kept, Edwin said he used them to repair the damage to Morgana's brain. When Edwin gave Uther a potion to paralyze him, he enchanted a beetle to enter the King's brain and kill him but Merlin was able to take it out with his magic (A Remedy to Cure All Ills).

The spells used to animate and command the Beetles are: "Bebiede þe arisan ealdu" and "Bebiede þe arisan áblinnan".

On the top of the beetles' box are written the letters (in runes): "F OE A J", while the second letter was upside down.