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A scarab's ability of flight is enabled through the use of [[hyperplastek]] wings,{{Fn|4a}} contra-grav engines and gravitic impellers.{{Fn|4b}}
===Variants=======Flensing Scarab====
'''Flensing Scarabs''' are swarms of specifically designed Scarabs designed to swiftly and violently separate flesh from bone. Although no more than mere insects in size, in large groups they can nonetheless reduce organisms down to bone with terrifying speed.{{Fn|2}}
====Mindshackle Scarab====
*{{main|Mindshackle Scarabs}}
*{{main|Cortical Subjugator Scarabs}}
A smaller variant of standard Scarabs, Mindshackle Scarabs are the Necrons' chief method of controlling alien races. At the bearer's command, they burrow into the victims brains and turn them into little more than a puppet for the scarab's master.{{Fn|1b}}
====Bloodswarm Nanoscarab====
*{{main|Bloodswarm Nanoscarabs}}
These tiny Scarabs are used by [[Imotekh the Stormlord]] to draw [[Flayed Ones]] to a target.{{Fn|7a}}
====Nanomines====
*{{main|Countertemporal Nanomines}}
These nano-scarabs are used by [[Chronomancer]]s as a minefield to temporally assault their enemy.{{Fn|7b}}
====Reanimation Nanoscarabs====
*{{main|Canoptek Reanimator}}
These nano-scarabs are used to heal Necron structures and units. They are commonly employed from [[Canoptek Reanimator]]s.{{Fn|7c}}