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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Elephant Weevil - Orthorhinus cylindrirostris -
Rose Chafer - Macrodactylus subspinosus -
Hairy beetle on hairy leaf, Finca Heimatlos, Ecuador -
Percolaspis ornata Leaf beetle, Fince Heimatlos, Ecuador -
Odontocheila cayennensis, Finca Heimatlos, Ecuador -
Beetle on tree, Finca Heimatlos, Ecuador -
Valgus hemipterus -
Discopus comes, Finca Heimatlos, Ecuador -
Stag Beetle (Male) - Lamprima adolphinae -
Pseudoxycheila sp. Tiger beetle, Waterfall of Banos, Ecuador -
Weevil on acorn -
Jewel Scarab - Chrysina victorina -
Earth-Boring Dung Beetle - Enoplotrupes sharpi -
Ground Beetle - Mouhotia gloriosa -
Scarab Beetle - Euchroea coelestis -
Trilobite Beetle - Platerodrilus ruficollis -
Paratriodonta alicantina -
Compsus sp.? Angel Paz, Ecuador -
Chrysolina bankii -
Semiotus imperialis, Angel Paz, Ecuador -
Brown Beetle = Ecnolagria -
Pterostichus niger -
Dichotomius fortepunctatus, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador\ -
Cyclocephala lunulata, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador