Sunsap Beetles

A common sight across the continent, Sunsap Beetles vary in size from six inches to almost three feet in length. The creatures are best known for naturally producing a type of organic adhesive that's often used in construction and crafting, but some people view them as pests, particularly homeowners who have to worry the beetles will tear off bits of their home.
Sunsap beetles produce the adhesive which makes them famous from their food, coupled with a process resembling photosynthesis. The beetles feed on a variety of smaller insects, tree saps and small flora, but something about their digestion process seems to involve long periods of sunbathing, often as high from the ground as the beetles are able to reach. After feeding, the beetles will grip the outside of a nearby surface, usually but not always a vertical surface. They seem to make little distinction between trees, buildings, monuments or anything else as long as their perch is in direct sunlight.
As they digest their food, much of what they can't use is secreted through glands on the underside of the beetle, forming the sticky, sap-like adhesive that lends the beetles their names and firmly binding them in place. Left alone, this sap cools over a period of about eight hours, eventually releasing the beetles to begin anew their nightly hunting, and leaving behind a hard, clear resin that's incredibly frustrating to remove and that is useless for most practical purposes. This makes it critical to remove the beetles before they have a chance to fully bind themselves to a surface, when the resin is still soft enough to be collected and potentially used for some other purpose and before dislodging the beetles requires the equivalent of a sledgehammer or crowbar. Young people the world over that live in tropical areas learn to loathe the beetles, as younger, stronger, more nimble climbers are often tasked with the chore of running around nearby structures in the appropriate season, scraping off the beetles before they have a chance to harden and potentially damage the structure, as the resin can sometimes have mild acidic properties depending on the diet of the individual beetle.
Dislodging the beetles can be a delicate process. While male beetles will flee after being pried off of whatever they've chosen to stick to, in certain seasons the female beetle becomes aggressive and has been known to charge any creature that dislodges her from her temporary home. Though incapable of causing serious injury, female Sunsap Beetles do have a poison stinger that can provide a victim with several days of sore, itchy hives across much of their skin and a distinctly unpleasant sense of nausea. More than one adventurer has awoken from a nap to find a Sunsap Beetle stuck to their shield or armor, and lived to regret their attempts to knock the creature free. Those who know what they're doing, however, can employ a magnifying glass, heated metal or one of several combinations of herbs to convince the beetle to depart for other pastures without violence.
When collected properly before it can harden, the resin makes an excellent ingredient in building mortar, and can be made without too much effort into a hard, clear glue useful for most crafting projects or household repairs.