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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Azure Weevil (Eupholus geoffroyi) -
Attalus limbatus side view -
Ceratoma ruficornis on a leaf -
Jewel Beetle - Catoxantha opulenta -
Tiny snout weevil - Zygopini - 1, Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Gum Tree Weevil - Gonipterus scutellatus -
Tiny leaf beetle (Halmus) - closeup, Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Regal Fruit Chafer - Rhamphorrhina splendens -
Banded Net-winged Beetle - Calopteron discrepans -
♂ Oryctes nasicornis -
Beckius beccarii -
Antler Beetle (Cladophorus sp.) -
Goliath Beetle (Male) - Goliathus orientalis -
Stag Beetle Party - Ceruchus piceus -
Jewel Beetle - Polybothris sumptuosa -
Scarab beetle, Sani Lodge, Ecuador -
Cyclocephala gregaria -
Palorus depressus (Fabricius, 1790) -
Tumbling Flower Beetles - Mordella marginata -
Longhorn Beetle - Analeptura lineola -
Beetle - Torynorrhina flammea -
Tumbling Flower Beetle - Mordella marginata -
Possibly Phyllobius sp. Green flecked beetle -
Timarcha tenebricosa