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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Elateroides dermestoides (Linnaeus, 1760) -
24-spot Ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata) -
Pyrochroa serraticornis (Scopoli, 1763) -
Coeliodes rana (Fabricius, 1787) -
Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790) -
Gonzo! -
Peritelus sphaeroides Germar, 1824 -
Scale-stalking ladybird beetle - Rhyzobius forestieri -
Byturus ochraceus vs. tomentosus -
Crepidodera aurata (Marsham, 1802) -
Byturus ochraceus (Scriba, 1790) -
Golden stag beetle - Lamprima aurata -
Paropsisterna hectica -
Brachycerus undatus Fabricius, 1798 -
Madecassia rothschildi -
Acalyptus carpini -
Archarius salicivorus -
Polydrusus (Eurodrusus) cervinus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
Polydrusus (Scythodrusus) inustus Germar, 1824 -
Anaspis fasciata -
Byctiscus betulae on Willow -
Red-breasted Carrion Beetle -
Phanaeus Imperator (male) - pose -
Dorytomus (Dorytomus) longimanus (Forster, 1771)