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 3 years ago
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Agapanthia (Synthapsia) Kirbyi (Gyllenhal, 1817) -
Stag Beetle - Cyclommatus lunifer -
Flat-Faced Longhorn Beetle - Apriona brunneomarginata -
Flat-Faced Longhorn Beetle - Olenecamptus bilobus -
Whatcha doing? -
Lamellicorn Beetle - Dichelonyx albicollis -
Cryptocephalus ocellatus, Heesch, Netherlands -
May beetle or Phyllophaga crinita -
Cantharis obscura on Indian Pokeweed - closeup, Heesch, Netherlands -
Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal, 1834 -
Hypera postica (Gyllenhal, 1813) -
Aspidapion aeneum (Fabricius, 1775) -
Coppery click beetle -
The Devil! -
Smaragdina concolor (Fabricius, 1792) -
Longhorn Beetle - Paraepepeotes gigas -
Stag Beetle - Odontolabis brookeana -
Stag Beetle - Calcodes striatus -
Stag Beetle - Prosopocoilus zebra -
Western blood-red ladybeetle -
Pidonia scripta -
Yellow-marked Staphylinus -
Shining Leaf Chafer - Ceroplophana malaysiana -
Shining Leaf Chafer - Mimela chrysoprasa