Beetles

Beetle species are many and varied and they soon began to dominate our Other Insects page so I’ve split them out. Besides, I’m becoming more enamoured of beetles, so they deserve a page of their own.

Ladybirds are beetles and probably most peoples favourites so I’ve dedicated a separate page to them.

Here, I’ve split out both the Longhorn Beetles and Weevils into separate tables but the rest, Leaf Beetles/Ground Beetles etc, are lumped together and begin my collection. I originally tried to shadow the order of species used in a book but, with the addition of foreign species, that stopped working. I also had a harder time finding anything so I’ve settled on alphabetical order of binomial name.

Agelastica alni Amara aenea Amara sp
Ampedus balteatus Anthrenus verbasci Berberomeloe majalis
Cantharis nigricans Cantharis rustica Capnodis tenebrionis
Carabus violaceus Cassida vibex Cetonia aurata
Chalcophora mariana Chauliognathus tricolor Chlorophorus glabromaculatus-pilosus
Chrysolina americana Chrysomela populi Cicindela campestris
Cicindela hybrida Clytra quadripunctata Cteniopus sulphureus
Dendroxena quadrimaculata Diabrotica undecimpunctata Donacia crassipes
Gastrophysa viridula Geotrupes sp Gyrinus substriatus
Harpalus affinis Hoplia caerulea Lachnaia
Leptinotarsa decemlineata Lochmaea suturalis Lucanus cervus
Lytta vesicatoria Malachius bipustulatus Meloe proscarabaeus
Melontha melontha Mylabris variabilis Oedemera lurida-virescens
Oedemera nobilis Oiceoptoma thoracicum Oxythyrea funesta Oxythyrea funesta
Philonthus sp Phyllopertha horticola Pyrochroa coccinea
Pyrochroa serraticornis Rhagonycha fulva Trichius gallicus
Trichodes alvearius Xantholini tribe

Longhorns

Aegomorphus clavipes Agapanthia villosoviridescens
Cerambyx scopolii Plagionotus arcuatus Pogonocherus hispidulus
Rhagium bifasciatum Rutpela maculata Vesperus sp

Weevils

Cionus scrophulariaea Larinus carlinae
Otiorhynchus crataegi Phyllobius pomaceus Platyrhinus resinosus
Platystomos albinus Polydrusus cervinus

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