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Essentially mindless feeding machines, these constructs mind Tomb Worlds and perform a variety of other tasks{{Fn|1a}}. In battle they fly ahead of the main army in swarms so thick that they've been known to blot out the sun. They appear out of nowhere, deadly, but making no sound except for the rustle of carapace over carapace. While Scarab swarms have no direct weapons, their claws are sufficiently sharp to slice through an enemy's armour. Because of their size they can find cover easily, but when in swarm they are vulnerable to massed ordnance. They may be armed with [[Disruption Field]]s for attacking heavily armoured targets.{{Fn|1a}}
[[Image:Canoptek Scarab.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Necron Canoptek Scarabs]]
Scarabs are capable of breaking down essentially any material into energy. They use this to reproduce at an astonishing rate, creating never-ending swarms that devour all in their path.{{Fn|4}} Some [[Tech-Priest]]s have said they've encountered a world entirely dissembled by them, having become a ball of endlessly recycling scarabs . A living metal planetoid that continues to fight against the crushing gravity of their own collective mass.{{Fn|9c}}
A scarab's ability of flight is enabled through the use of [[hyperplastek]] wings{{Fn|9a}}, [[contra-grav]] engines and [[anti-grav|gravitic impellers]].{{Fn|9b}}
