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Soldier Beetles (Family Cantharidae)
A Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rufa)
Cantharis rufa is similar in appearance to Cantharis livida and sometimes examination of the genitals is needed to tell both species apart. But
usually Cantharis rufa is the smallest. The elytra are all red and the black...
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Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
The common red soldier beetle will grow up to a centimeter. Nearly all their body is colored red yellowish. Only the last bit of the elytra is
black. The body is flat and elongated. The chitin armor is very soft, resulting in the German name of this species as...
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Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)
Northern Dune Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hybrida)
The Northern Dune Tiger Beetle is brown with creamy-yellow stripes and tinges and iridescences of red, green and purple. This species is
long-legged which enables it to run very fast. They live...
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Ladybird Beetles (Family Coccinellidae)
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)
This Lady Beetle is comparatively large with a white or pale spot on either side of the head. The body is oval, and has a domed shape. The spot pattern
is usually 1-4-2, black on the orange or red forewings. Lady...
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Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)
The black and yellow spotted Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle is somewhat variable, with the spots most often being very angular, often coalescing, giving the creature an
irregular chequered appearance. The ground...
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Twenty-two-spotted Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)
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Twenty-two-spotted Ladybird is a 3–5 mm long ladybird commonly
found in Europe. Unlike most other ladybirds, which feed on
aphids, this ladybird eats mildew; especially from umbellifers
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
Harmonia axyridis is a "typical" coccinellid beetle in shape and
structure, being domed and having a "smooth" transition between its
elytra (wing coverings), pronotum and head. It occurs in three main
color forms: red or orange with black...
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Leaf Beetles (Family Chrysomelidae)
Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina fastuosa)
A golden-green Leaf Beetle. It lives in half shaded moist places such as hedgerows and along forest paths...
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Cereal Leaf Beetle (Oulema melanopus)
The elytra are metallic blue, green, rarely black and provided with obvious lines of punctures. The scutellum, femora and tibiae are orange-red. The
head and tarsi are black, the antennae are 11-segmented, as long as...
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Fire-colored Beetles (Family Pyrochroidae)
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis)
So-called because of scarlet color of head, thorax and abdomen.They are often found under flaking bark or in rotting timber; in
sunny weather it also visits flowers to hunt...
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Carrion Beetles (Family Silphidae)
A Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus interruptus)
Nicrophorus interruptus is closely related to Nicrophorus investigator, but can be distinguished from it by the fact that
the foremost orange band on the elytra is interrupted in the middle, and by the yellow hairs on its...
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A Carrion Beetle (Phosphuga atrata)
Phosphuga atrata has an elongated neck, which is used to reach into snail shells, which it sprays with a digestive fluid. Young
beetles are brownish in color, older ones are black. The elytra have distinct ridges...
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Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)
A Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis)
By arching their body Click Beetles can create a tension on a 'hinge' they have on their thorax. By suddenly releasing the
tension on this hinge they can jump into the air with speeds in excess of 2 meters per second. This produces...
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Earth-boring Dung Beetles (Family Geotrupidae)
Dor Beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius)
The Dor Beetle is oval in shape with a shiny domed body, with a blue sheen. The thorax is smooth but the wing cases are grooved
longitudinally. The legs are also shiny black and strong with spikes. The head is...
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Longhorned Beetles (Family Cerambycidae)
Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)
The Wasp Beetle is a wasp mimic. This means that it superficially resembles a wasp on order to keep other animals, like birds, from eating
it. It belongs to the subfamily of Longhorn Beetles. The beetles...
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A Longhorned Beetle (Corymbia rubra) |
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Weevils (Family Curculionidae)
Willow Weevil (Cryptorhynchus lapathi)
Adults are stout weevils with long curved snouts. They are black with the exception of the last third of their wing covers, which is gray to
white. Adults emerge from overwintering in the wood in spring, and soon...
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Large Pine Weevil (Hylobius abietis)
The Large Pine Weevil is similar to the Pine Weevil but can be distinguished by the attachment of the antennae. The antennae of the Large Pine
Weevil are attached to the tip of the snout while those of the Pine Weevil are attached...
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Clover-seed Weevil (Tychius picirostris) |
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A Weevil
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