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Nature Portfolio - catalogue of photos of beetles - the order Coleoptera
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| SUB-ORDER ADEPAHGA Family Carabidae Ground Beetles |
Ground Beetle | Carabus nitens |
| Violet Ground Beetle | Carabus violaceus | |
| Green Tiger Beetle | Cicindela campestris | |
| Wood Tiger Beetle | Cicindela sylvatica | |
| Ground Beetle | Pterostichus nigrita | |
| Mediterranean Ground Beetle | Scarites occidentalis | |
| Family Gyrinidae Whirligig Beetles |
Whirligig Beetle | Gyrinus spp |
SUB-ORDER POLYPHAGA Family Scarabaeidae Chafers and Dung Beetles |
Cockchafer | Melolontha melolontha |
| Summer Chafer | Amphimallon solstitialis | |
| Dune Chafer | Anomala dubia | |
| Rose Chafer | Cetonia aurata | |
| Oxythyrea funesta | ||
| Garden Chafer | Phyllopertha horticola | |
| Dung Beetle | Scarabaeus laticollis | |
| Rhinoceros Beetle | ||
| Family Lucanidae Stag Beetles |
Stag Beetle | Lucanus cervus |
| Lesser Stag Beetle | Dorcus parallelipipedus | |
| Rhinoceros Beetle | Sinodendron cylindricum | |
| Family Geotrupidae Dor Beetles |
Dor Beetle | Geotrupes stercorarius |
| Dor Beetle | Geotrupes vernalis | |
| Minotaur Beetle | Typhaeus typhoeus | |
| Family Buprestidae Jewel Beetles |
Buprestid Beetle | |
| Jewel Beetle | Chrysochroa fulminans | |
| Family Elateridae Click Beetles |
Click Beetle | Athous haemorrhoidalis |
| Chequered Click Beetle | Prosternon tessellatum | |
| Family Cantharidae Soldier Beetles |
Soldier Beetle | Rhagonycha fulva |
| Soldier Beetle | Cantharis rustica | |
| Family Lampyridae Fireflies |
Glow-worm | Lampyris noctiluca |
| Family Tenebrionidae Darkling Beetles |
Sulphur Beetle | Cteniopus sulphureus |
| Lagria hirta | ||
| Omophlus rufitarsis | ||
| Fregate Island Beetle | Polposipus herculeanus | |
| Red Flour Beetle | Tribolium castaneum | |
| Family Oedemeridae | Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Swollen-thighed Beetle) | Oedemera nobilis |
| Family Pyrochroidae Cardinal Beetles |
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle | Pyrochroa coccinea |
| Red-headed Cardinal Beetle | Pyrochroa serraticornis | |
| Family Coccinellidae Ladybirds |
2-spot Ladybird | Adalia bipunctata |
| Eyed Ladybird | Anatis ocellata | |
| Cream-spot Ladybird | Calvia 14-guttata | |
| 7-spot Ladybird | Coccinella 7-punctata | |
| Multicolor Asian Ladybeetle (Harlequin Ladybird) | Harmonia axyridis | |
| Striped Ladybird | Myzia oblongoguttata | |
| 14-spot Ladybird | Propylea 14-punctata | |
| 24-spot Ladybird | Subcoccinella 24-punctata | |
| Family Meloidae Oil Beetles |
Oil Beetle | Meloe proscarabeus |
| Family Cerambycidae Longhorn Beetles |
Longhorn Beetle | Agapanthea villisoviridescens |
| Wasp Beetle | Clytus arietus | |
| Longhorn Beetle | Leiopus nebulosus | |
| Longhorn Beetle | Leptura quadrifasciata (Strangalia quadrifasciata) | |
| Tawny Longhorn Beetle | Paracorymbia fulva | |
| Longhorn Beetle | Rhagium bifasciatum | |
| Longhorn Beetle | Rhagium mordax | |
| Longhorn Beetle | Rutpela maculata (Strangalia maculata) | |
| Longhorn Beetle | Stenocorus meridianus | |
| Longhorn Beetle | Stictoleptura rubra | |
| Family Chrysomelidae Leaf Beetles |
Green Leaf Beetle | Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis |
| Green Leaf Beetle | Cryptocephalus sericeus | |
| Poplar Leaf Beetle | Chrysomela populi | |
| (Mint) Leaf Beetle | Chrysolina menthastri | |
| (Mint) Leaf Beetle | Chrysolina polita | |
| Common Reed Beetle | Donacia vulgaris | |
| (Bedstraw) Leaf Beetle | Sermylassa halensis | |
| Bloody-nosed Beetle | Timarcha tenebricosa | |
| Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle | Timarcha goettingenis | |
| Leaf Beetle | Galeruca tanaceti | |
| Phaedon tumidulus | ||
| Family Curculionoidae Weevils |
Nettle Weevil | Phyllobius pomaceus |
| Nettle Weevil | Phyllobius viridearis | |
| Hazel Nut Weevil | Curculio nucum | |
| Family Scolytidae Bark Beetles |
Elm Bark Beetle | Scolytus scolytus |
| Family Dytiscidae Diving Beetles |
Great Diving Beetle | Dytiscus marginalis |
| Nebrioporus depressus elegans | ||
| Family Staphylinidae Rove Beetles |
Devil's Coach-horse | Staphylinus olens |
| Rove Beetle | Staphylinus caesareus | |
| Family Cieridae Checkered Beetles |
Trichodes alvearius |
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