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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Pyrota centenaria -
Psapharus ruficornis -
Otiorhynchus (Otiorhynchus) meridionalis Gyllenhal, 1834 -
A Western Firefly. -
Ten-lined June beetle or Polyphylla decemlineata -
Dorcacerus babatus -
Ontholestes tessellatus (Geoffroy, 1785) -
Australinus cyaneipennis -
Coraliomela brunnea -
Elongated Bean Weevil "Lixus pulverulentus" -
Tiger Beetle (Cicindela duponti) -
Sphaeroderma rubidum, Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands -
Chalcolepidius zonatus -
Black ground beetle -
Macrolenes dentipes -
Oedemera Barbara -
Anatista lafertei -
Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata -
obscure root weevil -
Catasarcus transversalis -
Black Vine Weevil - Otiorhynchus sulcatus -
Cryptocephalus rugicollis, Portugal -
lesser knapweed flower weevil -
Phyllobaenus verticalis