Beetle Mania
There are at least 400,000 species of beetles (Order Coleoptera)! It is the largest of all orders and constitutes nearly 40% of ALL described insects, and 25% of all known animal life-forms! This list is devoted to that mindblowing diversity!
Christine Young created this list 7 years ago
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Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordellistena sp. or Mordella sp. -
Gonioctena olivacea (Forster, 1771) -
Liparus coronatus (Goeze, 1777) -
Lixus bardanae (Fabricius, 1787) -
Oulema variabilis -
Cionus alauda (Herbst, 1784) -
Calomicrus circumfusus (Marsham, 1802) -
Anostirus purpureus (Poda, 1761) -
Buprestis consularis -
Rove beetle - Paederus littorarius -
Punctured Tiger Beetle - Cicindela punctulata -
Orchestes rusci -
Blister Beetle -
Lobiopa undulata -
Fungus Weevils - Mecocerus sp. -
Longhorn Beetle - Epepeotes lateralis -
Summer chafer or June beetle -
Lagria atripes Mulsant Guillebeau, 1855 -
Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) -
Stethorus punctillum -
Oak Leafrolling Weevil - Synolabus bipustulatus -
Fruitworm beetle - Byturus ochraceus -
Spruce shortwing beetle - Molorchus minor -
Handsome Fungus Beetle - Eumorphus dilatatus turritus