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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Nettle weevil - Phyllobius argentatus -
Glyptobaris lecontei -
Attalus otiosus -
OX up close -
Scarab Beetle, Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar -
Tile-horned Prionus (Prionus imbricornis) -
Full body shot 5 stacked (rhinoceros beetle) -
Dromius sp.? -
Megapenthes rufilabris -
Coccidula rufa -
Hoshihananomia octopunctata -
Nicrophorus vespilloides -
Geraeus picumnus -
Asiatic Oak Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus -
Calais speciosus, Yagirala Rain Forest, Sri Lanka -
long horn flower beetle -
mountain lady beetle -
Drapetes exstriatus -
Cowboy beetle -
Acorn weevil -
Brown Rove Beetle (Platydracus maculosus) -
Chlorophorus varius - Corfu -
Lady Beetle, Coccinellidae -
Golden Tortoise Beetle - Charidotella sexpunctata