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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Ischiopsopha bifasciata -
Tmesisternus paniae -
Reticulated Net-wing Beetle - Calopteron reticulatum -
Jewel Beetle - Cyphogastra calepyga -
Jewel Scarab - Plusiotis adelaida -
Beetle - Battus barbicornis -
Jewel Beetle - Chrysochroa fulgidissima -
Sugarcane White Grub Beetle - Lepidiota stigma -
Platydema violacea (Fabricius, 1790) -
Leaf Beetles (Post-copulation) - Galerucella sp. -
Flashlight Shield Lady Beetle -
A little splotch of goo, a.k.a. Microctenochira sertata -
Iphiclus circulus, a pleasing but small fungus beetle -
Rhigus speciosus, a lumpy weevil from the Amazon basin -
Rutela histrio, a colorful scarab beetle -
Taeniotes amazonum, a long-horned beetle -
Jamesia globifera, a long-horned beetle -
Marolia variegata (Bosc, 1791) -
Click Beetle - Athous cucullatus -
#1072 -
An oddly-shaped leaf beetle (Omaspides augusta) on, you guessed it, a leaf -
Platyphora fulvicornis -
A pleasing fungus beetle (Aegithus burmeisteri) living up to its name -
A pretty Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Erotylina maculiventris) on a leaf