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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Ampedus (Ampedus) sanguineus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
Asphaera boliviensis, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador -
Polydrusus tereticollis (De Geer, 1775) -
Longhorn beetle (Anisopodus sp.?), Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador -
Possibly Entomoscelis adonidis beetle from Madagascar or Ukraine -
Tiny snout weevil, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador -
Cactophagus amoenus - mating, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador -
Rove Beetle (Paederus littoralis) -
Enema pan, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador -
Milkweed Stem Weevil - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis -
Flea beetle, Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Black scarab beetle, Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Halmus chalybeus -
Ground beetle - Carabidae -
Onthophagus gazella, Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Cissites maculata -
Tiny weevil -
7-spot Ladybird on a golden leaf -
Short-horned leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae) -
Click beetle (Melanotus sp.), Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Carterica tricuspis, Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Pleasing fungus beetle (Erotylus sp.), Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Weevil - Macrocheirus praetor -
Longhorn Beetle - Plinthocoelium suaveolens