They don't rise above the moral level of the tumblebug.
"Là-bas"
J. K. Huysmans
But not long ago I made the discovery that, in coloring, habits, customs and general walk and conversation, the scarab of the Egyptians was none other than the common tumblebug of the Southern dirt roads.
"Roughing it De Luxe"
Irvin S. Cobb