Beetles
Order Coleoptera
The largest order of insects, comprising about 25% of all known animal species. Beetles are found in nearly every habitat and are distinguished by their hardened forewings called elytra.
Species in this Order (444)
Actaeon Beetle
Megasoma actaeon
Contender for the worlds heaviest beetle — a male larva bred in Japan weighed 228 grams, about the w...
African Fruit Beetle
Pachnoda sinuata
A common yellow and brown flower beetle frequently seen on ripe fruit. It is a familiar garden visit...
African Goliath Beetle
Goliathus cacicus
A large cetoniine beetle with cream and dark brown patterning across its wing cases. It is found in ...
African Jewel Beetle
Sternocera orissa
A large metallic green and gold jewel beetle with textured elytra. Adults are found on acacia and ot...
African Net-winged Beetle
Lycus trabeatus
A brightly orange-red beetle with distinctive net-like wing venation and broad expanded elytra. It i...
African Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes boas
A large dark brown dynastine beetle with a prominent recurved horn on the male's head. Larvae develo...
African Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus savagei
A dark reddish-brown stag beetle with impressive mandibles in males. It inhabits forests where larva...
African Tiger Beetle
Manticora latipennis
The world's largest tiger beetle, a fierce predator with massive jaws. It is flightless and hunts on...
Alpine Longhorn Beetle
Rosalia alpina
A strikingly beautiful blue-grey beetle with black spots, listed on multiple European conservation d...
Amazonian Bark Beetle
Xyleborus ferrugineus
A tiny cylindrical bark beetle that bores into tropical hardwoods to cultivate fungal gardens. It is...
Amazonian Ground Beetle
Agra sasquatch
A slender, elongated carabid beetle with an unusually hairy body for its genus. It was described fro...
Amazonian Net-Winged Beetle
Calopteron brasiliense
A soft-bodied beetle with broad, fan-shaped elytra featuring a net-like venation pattern. Its bright...
Amazonian Scarab
Phanaeus chalcomelas
A strikingly colorful dung beetle with metallic green, copper, and blue hues. Males have a prominent...
Amazonian Stag Beetle
Sphaenognathus feisthameli
A striking metallic green stag beetle from South American cloud forests. Males have elongated mandib...
American Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus
The largest carrion beetle in North America, once widespread but now reduced to less than 10% of its...
American False Blister Beetle
Oxacis taeniata
A small, elongate pale beetle with dark longitudinal stripes found in eastern North America. Adults ...
Anax Elephant Beetle
Megasoma anubis
A robust scarab beetle found in Amazonian forests with a distinctive dark brown coloration. Males po...
Ant Nest Beetle
Paussus favieri
A bizarre reddish-brown beetle with swollen club-shaped antennae that lives inside ant nests. It mim...
Asian Longhorned Beetle
Anoplophora glabripennis
An invasive wood-boring beetle from East Asia that attacks healthy hardwood trees. The only eradicat...
Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
A highly variable ladybird ranging from orange with many spots to solid black. Originally released f...
Atlas Beetle
Chalcosoma atlas
Named after Atlas from Greek mythology for its incredible strength. Males have three prominent horns...
Australian Glow-Worm Firefly
Atyphella lychnus
One of Australia's few true firefly species, found in tropical Queensland rainforests. Females are w...
Australian Tiger Beetle
Cicindela hudsoni
The fastest running insect on Earth, clocked at 2.5 meters per second (9 km/h). At 125 body lengths ...
Australian Water Scavenger Beetle
Sternolophus marginicollis
A medium-sized water scavenger beetle found throughout Australia and parts of Southeast Asia. It is ...
Bamboo Longhorn
Chloridolum alcmene
A vivid metallic green longhorn beetle with a slender body and long antennae. It breeds exclusively ...
Banded Alder Borer
Rosalia funebris
A striking longhorn beetle with bold black and white banding and long banded antennae. It breeds in ...
Banded Fruit Weevil
Phlyctinus callosus
A small greyish-brown weevil with pale transverse bands on the elytra. It is a significant pest of f...
Banded Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa buqueti
A large, spectacularly iridescent beetle with red, green, and blue metallic bands. It is native to t...
Banded Longhorn Beetle
Typocerus velutinus
A yellow and brown longhorn beetle commonly found visiting flowers. Larvae develop in rotting hardwo...
Bark Gnawing Beetle
Trogossita japonica
A predatory beetle found under bark where it hunts wood-boring larvae. Its flattened body is well su...
Bee Beetle
Trichius fasciatus
A fuzzy, yellow-and-black banded beetle that closely resembles a bumblebee. Adults visit flowers and...
Bethany Beach Firefly
Photuris bethaniensis
A predatory firefly known from a narrow range along the mid-Atlantic coast. Females mimic the flash ...
Big Dipper Firefly
Photinus consimilis
A common North American firefly that produces a slow, arching flash resembling the Big Dipper conste...
Black and Yellow Longhorn
Rutpela maculata
A slender wasp-mimicking beetle with yellow elytra marked with black bands and spots. It is a common...
Black Carpet Beetle
Attagenus unicolor
A small, oval, dark brown to black beetle that is a major pest of textiles and natural fibers. Larva...
Black Clock Beetle
Pterostichus madidus
A common nocturnal ground beetle found throughout European gardens and farmland. It is jet black and...
Black Dung Beetle
Copris lunaris
A robust black dung beetle found across Europe and parts of Asia. Males bear a single curved horn on...
Black Vine Weevil
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
A dull black, flightless weevil that is a serious pest of ornamental plants. Adults feed at night, l...
Black-Headed Blister Beetle
Epicauta pennsylvanica
An entirely black blister beetle common across eastern North America, often seen in large groups on ...
Blister Beetle
Epicauta vittata
A striped black and yellow beetle that releases cantharidin, a chemical causing painful skin blister...
Bloody-Nosed Beetle
Timarcha tenebricosa
A large, flightless, domed black beetle that oozes red fluid from its mouth when threatened. The sec...
Blue Death-feigning Beetle
Asbolus verrucosus
A rounded blue-grey desert beetle covered in a waxy powder-blue coating. When threatened it flips on...
Blue Ghost Firefly
Phausis reticulata
A firefly producing a steady pale blue-white glow rather than flashing. Females are larviform and wi...
Blue Ground Beetle
Carabus intricatus
A large brilliant blue beetle with intricately sculptured elytra. It is a nocturnal predator of slug...
Blue Milkweed Beetle
Chrysochus cobaltinus
A stunningly beautiful beetle with a deep cobalt blue metallic sheen across its rounded body. It fee...
Blue Mint Beetle
Chrysolina coerulans
A small, deep metallic blue leaf beetle found exclusively on mint plants. Both adults and larvae fee...
Blue Net-Winged Beetle
Metriorrhynchus rhipidius
An Australian net-winged beetle with dark blue-black elytra and elaborate feathery antennae in males...
Blue-Winged Wasteland Beetle
Omocrates marginatus
A robust, flightless darkling beetle found in arid Australian landscapes. It is nocturnal and shelte...
Boll Weevil
Anthonomus grandis
A small grayish-brown weevil with a long curved snout used to bore into cotton bolls. It devastated ...
Bombardier Beetle
Brachinus crepitans
Defends itself with a boiling-hot chemical spray ejected from its abdomen at over 100°C. The reactio...
Borneo Firefly
Pteroptyx bearni
A synchronous firefly endemic to Borneo that creates dramatic light displays in riverside trees. It ...
Borneo Pulsing Firefly
Pteroptyx tener
A synchronous firefly of Southeast Asian mangroves that produces green flashes in unison with thousa...
Botany Bay Diamond Weevil
Chrysolopus spectabilis
A large weevil covered in brilliant pale green scales with black diamond-shaped patches. It was one ...
Brazilian Headlight Firefly
Pyrearinus termitilluminans
A unique click beetle relative whose bioluminescent larvae inhabit termite mounds in the Brazilian c...
Brazilian Jewel Scarab
Chrysina cupreomarginata
A dazzling scarab beetle with a brilliant golden-green metallic sheen. Its compact oval body reflect...
Brazilian Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Erotylus incomparabilis
A strikingly patterned beetle with bold black and orange spots on a glossy body. It is commonly foun...
Brazilian Rhinoceros Beetle
Enema pan
A large, glossy black dynastine beetle with a prominent upward-curving cephalic horn and a smaller p...
Brown-and-yellow Fruit Chafer
Pachnoda marginata
A colorful chafer beetle with bright yellow margins on dark brown elytra. It is commonly kept in cap...
Cape Stag Beetle
Colophon westwoodi
A rare flightless stag beetle found only on high mountain peaks of the Western Cape. Males have shor...
Carabus olympiae
Carabus olympiae
A brilliantly colored ground beetle found only in a tiny area of the Italian Alps. Its metallic purp...
Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha carolina
A large nocturnal tiger beetle with dark metallic green elytra and a bright green thorax. It is most...
Caucasus Beetle
Chalcosoma chiron
A massive three-horned rhinoceros beetle with a metallic greenish-black body. It is the largest of t...
Cedar Beetle
Sandalus niger
A parasitoid beetle whose larvae feed on cicada nymphs underground....
Checkered Beetle
Trichodes apiarius
A brightly colored red and blue beetle often found on flowers. Its larvae are parasites of solitary ...
Chinese Aquatic Firefly
Aquatica ficta
A firefly with fully aquatic larvae found in streams across southern China. It was the first species...
Chinese Firefly
Pyrocoelia rufa
A large Asian firefly with a bright orange-red thorax and powerful bioluminescent glow. It is common...
Chinese Firefly
Luciola chinensis
An aquatic firefly found across China whose larvae develop in freshwater. Historically associated wi...
Chinese Rose Beetle
Adoretus sinicus
A small nocturnal scarab that is a major agricultural pest in Hawaii. It skeletonizes the leaves of ...
Chinese Water Penny Beetle
Eubrianax pellucidus
A water penny beetle found in southern China whose translucent larval margins allow gas exchange wit...
Churchyard Beetle
Blaps mucronata
A large, slow-moving, flightless black beetle often found in cellars and old buildings. It emits a f...
Cigarette Beetle
Lasioderma serricorne
A tiny, reddish-brown beetle that infests stored tobacco, spices, and dried foods. It is one of the ...
Citrus Longhorn
Anoplophora chinensis
A glossy black beetle with white spots on its elytra and distinctively banded blue-black antennae. I...
Click Beetle
Alaus oculatus
Has a special mechanism that allows it to snap its body with a click, launching itself up to 30 cm i...
Click Beetle
Athous haemorrhoidalis
A common brown click beetle that can flip itself into the air with an audible click when placed on i...
Cloudforest Jewel Scarab
Chrysina chrysargyrea
A stunning scarab beetle with a body that appears to be made of burnished silver and gold. It is fou...
Cloudy Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus nebulosus
A dark brown Christmas beetle with a cloudy or mottled pattern on its elytra. It is found in forests...
Clown Beetle
Hister unicolor
A small, shiny black beetle with a compact, rounded body. It is a predator of fly larvae found in du...
Cobalt Blue Longhorn
Pseudomyagrus waterhousei
A vivid metallic blue longhorn beetle native to Australia. It breeds in the wood of wattle trees....
Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha
A large, clumsy-flying chafer beetle that emerges en masse on warm May evenings. Its white C-shaped ...
Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes rhinoceros
A major pest of coconut palms across tropical Asia with a single prominent horn. Adults bore into th...
Colorado Flower Longhorn
Brachyleptura champlaini
A slender, black and yellow flower-visiting longhorn beetle. Larvae develop in decaying hardwood log...
Colorado Potato Beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
A major agricultural pest with yellow-orange elytra bearing ten black longitudinal stripes. Has deve...
Colorado Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus basalis
A soft-bodied beetle with orange and brown elytra commonly found on flowers. It is an important poll...
Columbia Tiger Beetle
Cicindela columbica
A rare tiger beetle known from sandy riverbanks in the Pacific Northwest. It is an agile predator th...
Common Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus pallidicollis
A glossy golden-brown scarab beetle that swarms around lights during the Australian summer. It is th...
Common False Blister Beetle
Oedemera lurida
A small olive-green or brownish beetle found commonly on flowers across Europe. Unlike the related O...
Common Water Penny
Psephenus herricki
A small aquatic beetle whose larvae are flattened and round like a copper penny, clinging to rocks i...
Confused Flour Beetle
Tribolium confusum
A small reddish-brown beetle nearly identical to the red flour beetle, hence the 'confused' name. It...
Coronated Jewel Beetle
Stigmodera coronata
A recently described jewel beetle from southwestern Western Australia with striking metallic colors....
Cottonwood Borer
Plectrodera scalator
A large longhorn beetle with bold black and white patterning and long antennae. Its larvae bore into...
Cream-Streaked Ladybird
Harmonia quadripunctata
A European ladybird associated primarily with conifer trees. It has cream or pale yellow elytra with...
Cromwell Chafer Beetle
Prodontria lewisii
A small chafer beetle endemic to a tiny area near Cromwell in Central Otago, New Zealand. Adults are...
Daimyo Oak Longhorn
Mesosa myops
A mottled grey-brown longhorn beetle that blends perfectly with tree bark. Its larvae feed within th...
Dark Soldier Beetle
Cantharis obscura
A dark-colored European soldier beetle often found on umbelliferous flowers. Its entirely dark elytr...
Darkling Beetle
Akis bacarozzo
A large dull black beetle with heavily ridged elytra and a rounded body. It is flightless and wander...
Darkling Beetle
Eleodes obscura
A flightless, black desert beetle that raises its abdomen in a headstand posture when threatened. It...
Deathwatch Beetle
Xestobium rufovillosum
A small, mottled brown wood-boring beetle that creates a distinctive tapping sound by banging its he...
Delta Flower Scarab
Trigonopeltastes delta
A small triangular beetle marked with a distinctive delta-shaped pattern in yellow and black. It is ...
Delta Green Ground Beetle
Elaphrus viridis
A small metallic green ground beetle found only near vernal pools in Solano County, California. It i...
Denticulate Soldier Beetle
Silis percomis
A small, rarely noticed soldier beetle found in grasslands of the midwestern United States. Males ha...
Devil's Coach Horse
Ocypus olens
A large, matt-black rove beetle that raises its tail like a scorpion when threatened. It has powerfu...
Diving Beetle
Dytiscus marginalis
A large, streamlined aquatic beetle with an olive-green body bordered in yellow. It carries an air b...
Dogbane Beetle
Chrysochus auratus
An iridescent beetle displaying blue, green, copper, and crimson colors. It feeds on toxic dogbane p...
Douglas-fir Beetle
Dendroctonus pseudotsugae
A dark reddish-brown bark beetle that attacks Douglas-fir trees, particularly those weakened by drou...
Downy Leatherwing
Podabrus tomentosus
A North American soldier beetle covered in fine pubescence, found on flowers and foliage in summer. ...
Drugstore Beetle
Stegobium paniceum
A stored product pest once found infesting pharmaceutical herb collections....
Dung Beetle
Scarabaeus sacer
Sacred to ancient Egyptians who associated them with the sun god Ra. They roll balls of dung for foo...
Dung Beetle (Rainbow)
Phanaeus vindex
One of the most beautiful dung beetles with iridescent metallic copper, green, and blue coloring. Ma...
Dung Beetle Navigator
Scarabaeus lamarcki
A medium-sized dung beetle from South Africa that navigates using celestial cues. It has been a key ...
Dung Roller Beetle
Kheper nigroaeneus
A large dung beetle that navigates using the Milky Way to roll balls in straight lines....
Eight-spotted Jewel Beetle
Castiarina octospilota
A compact jewel beetle with eight distinctive pale spots arranged on dark metallic elytra. It is an ...
Elderberry Borer
Desmocerus palliatus
A striking longhorn beetle with cobalt blue wing covers and a bright yellow-orange base. Its larvae ...
Elephant Beetle
Megasoma elephas
One of the heaviest beetles, weighing up to 50 grams. Males have prominent horns on the head and pro...
Elephant Dung Beetle
Heliocopris dilloni
A very large black dung beetle that specializes in elephant dung. Males have a prominent curved horn...
Elm Leaf Beetle
Xanthogaleruca luteola
A yellowish-green beetle with dark stripes along its elytra. Both adults and larvae feed on elm leav...
Emerald Ash Borer
Agrilus planipennis
One of the most destructive invasive insects in North America. Native to Asia, it has killed hundred...
Emerald Eupholus Weevil
Eupholus cuvieri
A spectacular weevil with brilliant turquoise and black bands across its elytra. It is found only in...
Emerald Fruit Chafer
Chlorocala africana
A brilliant metallic green chafer beetle with coppery reflections. It visits flowers and ripe fruit ...
Emerald Fruit Chafer
Dicronorrhina derbyana
A large and spectacular flower beetle from East Africa with vivid green elytra. It is popular among ...
Emerald Long-Horned Beetle
Callichroma velutinum
A beautiful velvety green longhorn beetle found in tropical African forests. It has a downy texture ...
End Band Net-Winged Beetle
Calopteron terminale
A net-winged beetle with orange elytra that become black at the tips, common in eastern North Americ...
Epomis Ground Beetle
Epomis dejeani
A beetle whose larvae lure and devour frogs — a rare case of predator-prey role reversal. The larva ...
European Glow-Worm Click Beetle
Phosphaenus hemipterus
A small European firefly with reduced wings in the male and completely wingless females. Both sexes ...
European Glowworm
Lampyris noctiluca
A well-known European firefly where only the wingless female produces a steady green glow. Males are...
European Grain Weevil
Sitophilus granarius
A small, dark brown, flightless weevil that infests stored grain. It has been a pest since ancient c...
European Rhinoceros Beetle
Allomyrina dichotoma
A large, chestnut-brown beetle with a forked horn on the male's head. It is immensely popular as a p...
Eyed Elater Glowworm
Phengodes fusciceps
A railroad worm beetle whose larviform females emit light from paired organs along the body. Males a...
False Blister Beetle
Ischnomera cyanea
A metallic blue beetle that develops inside rotting wood near coastal areas....
Feather-horned Beetle
Rhipicera femorata
A beetle with spectacular fan-shaped antennae used for detecting pheromones....
Featherwing Beetle
Scydosella musawasensis
The smallest known free-living (non-parasitic) insect at just 0.325 mm long. Discovered in Nicaragua...
Femme Fatale Firefly
Photuris versicolor
A predatory firefly that mimics the flash patterns of other species to lure males as prey. Females a...
Festive Tiger Beetle
Cicindela scutellaris
A small brilliantly colored tiger beetle varying from deep purple to bright green depending on the s...
Fiddler Beetle
Eupoecila australasiae
A distinctive scarab beetle with green and yellow violin-shaped markings on its back. It is commonly...
Fifteen-Spotted Lady Beetle
Anatis labiculata
One of the largest North American ladybirds with white or grey elytra bearing fifteen dark spots. It...
Fire Beetle
Pyrophorus divergens
A bioluminescent click beetle from Central American forests. Its glowing thoracic spots are visible ...
Firefly
Photinus pyralis
Famous for bioluminescent signals produced by a chemical reaction in their abdomen. Each species has...
Five-Horned Rhinoceros Beetle
Eupatorus gracilicornis
A striking rhinoceros beetle with four thoracic horns and one cephalic horn. Its velvety black and g...
Flamboyant Flower Beetle
Eudicella gralli
A vividly green flower beetle with yellow or red stripes on its elytra. Males have a small forked ho...
Flat Bark Beetle
Cucujus cinnaberinus
A bright red, extremely flat beetle that lives beneath the bark of dead trees. It is an indicator sp...
Flat Bark Beetle of Madeira
Tarphius rufonodulosus
A small flattened beetle endemic to the laurel forests of Madeira. It lives under the bark of dead L...
Flea Beetle
Altica oleracea
Tiny jumping beetles with enlarged hind femora for leaping. Named for their flea-like jumping abilit...
Flightless Dung Beetle
Circellium bacchus
The largest flightless dung beetle in the world, endemic to South Africa. It is now restricted to a ...
Flower Chafer
Oxythyrea funesta
A small black flower beetle dotted with white spots, widespread across southern Europe and North Afr...
Flower Longhorn
Pachyta quadrimaculata
A robust yellow longhorn beetle with four black spots on its elytra. It is a common visitor to umbel...
Fluted-horn Dung Beetle
Copris elphenor
A large black dung beetle with a prominent curved horn on the male's head. It buries dung balls unde...
Fog Basking Beetle
Onymacris unguicularis
A black desert beetle from the Namib that performs a distinctive headstand on sand dunes. Fog conden...
Forest Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma sycophanta
A large, brilliant metallic green and gold ground beetle that climbs trees to hunt caterpillars. It ...
Formosa Long-armed Scarab
Cheirotonus formosanus
A rare Taiwanese scarab with elongated forelimbs and a dark chestnut-brown body. It is found only in...
Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
A small yellow and black ladybird with a distinctive checkerboard pattern of rectangular black spots...
Frigate Island Giant Tenebrionid Beetle
Polposipus herculeanus
A large flightless darkling beetle endemic to Frigate Island in the Seychelles. It shelters under ba...
Fungus Weevil
Platyrhinus resinosus
A broad-nosed weevil with mottled brown and white patterning resembling tree bark. It is associated ...
Gazelle Scarab
Onthophagus gazella
A small dung beetle originally from Africa, now established across multiple continents. It is one of...
Giant African Click Beetle
Tetralobus flabellicornis
Africa's largest click beetle, with impressive fan-shaped antennae in males. It can launch itself in...
Giant African Darkling Beetle
Psammodes striatus
A large, robust black darkling beetle with grooved elytra found in arid sandy regions. It is flightl...
Giant African Longhorn Beetle
Petrognatha gigas
One of Africa's largest longhorn beetles with mottled grey-brown bark-like camouflage. Its antennae ...
Giant Amazonian Longhorn
Macrodontia cervicornis
One of the longest beetles in the world with enormous serrated mandibles resembling antlers. The ely...
Giant Black Water Beetle
Hydrophilus triangularis
The largest water beetle in North America, with a shiny black oval body. Larvae are voracious predat...
Giant Click Beetle
Oxynopterus mucronatus
One of the largest click beetles in Asia with dramatic pectinate antennae in males. It can launch it...
Giant Darkling Beetle of St. Helena
Hegeter politus
A darkling beetle endemic to the remote island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. It is nocturnal ...
Giant Fijian Longhorn
Xixuthrus heros
One of the largest living insects endemic to Fiji with a massive dark brown body. It is extremely ra...
Giant Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina torquata
One of the largest flower beetles in Africa, with males reaching impressive sizes. They display vivi...
Giant Ladybird
Anatis ocellata
The largest European ladybird, with orange elytra bearing black spots each encircled by a pale ring....
Giant Palm Borer
Dinapate wrightii
One of the largest bostrichid beetles, with a cylindrical body adapted for boring into palm trunks. ...
Giant Robber Firefly
Photuris lucicrescens
A large predatory firefly from eastern North America that mimics the flash patterns of Photinus spec...
Giant Stag Beetle of Chile
Chiasognathus grantii
A spectacular stag beetle with enormous mandibles found in temperate Valdivian forests. Males use th...
Giraffe Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus giraffa
The largest stag beetle species in the world, with males reaching 120 mm including their enormous ma...
Giraffe Weevil
Trachelophorus giraffa
Named for its extraordinary elongated neck, which is 2-3 times longer in males. Found only in Madaga...
Giraffe Weevil
Apoderus jekelii
A small bright red leaf-rolling weevil with an elongated neck used to roll leaves into cradles. Fema...
Glorious Beetle
Chrysina gloriosa
A spectacular scarab beetle with brilliant metallic green body and silver stripes on the elytra. It ...
Glowworm Beetle
Phengodes plumosa
A soft-bodied beetle whose larviform females glow with paired green lanterns along their body. Males...
Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus auratus
A large, brilliant metallic green or golden ground beetle with ridged elytra. It is a voracious pred...
Golden Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulminans
A brilliantly iridescent beetle with metallic green and gold coloring. The structural coloration of ...
Golden Net-Winged Beetle
Dictyoptera aurora
A soft-bodied beetle with bright orange-red elytra featuring a network of raised veins. It is toxic ...
Golden Stag Beetle
Lamprima aurata
A compact metallic golden-green stag beetle from Australia. Males have broad flattened mandibles use...
Golden Tortoise Beetle
Charidotella sexpunctata
Looks like a tiny golden jewel. Can change color from gold to reddish-brown by controlling moisture ...
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn
Agapanthia villosoviridescens
A longhorn beetle covered in golden-green hairs found in European meadows. Larvae develop inside the...
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus
A familiar autumn beetle of eastern North America, commonly seen in large numbers on goldenrod flowe...
Goldsmith Beetle
Cotalpa lanigera
A beautiful golden-yellow scarab beetle with a metallic luster and fuzzy underside. It is attracted ...
Goliath Beetle
Goliathus goliatus
One of the heaviest insects on Earth. Males have a Y-shaped horn on the head. Larvae can weigh up to...
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
A tiny reddish-brown ambrosia beetle that bores into a wide range of hardwood trees. It cultivates a...
Granulated Ground Beetle
Carabus granulatus
A widespread dark bronze ground beetle with distinctly ridged and granulated wing cases. It thrives ...
Grapevine Beetle
Pelidnota punctata
A handsome tan-colored scarab with dark spots on its elytra, found in eastern North America. Adults ...
Great Capricorn Beetle
Cerambyx cerdo
One of Europe's largest longhorn beetles, with antennae longer than its body. Larvae bore deep galle...
Green Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus prasinus
A metallic green scarab beetle found in eucalypt woodlands of eastern Australia. Adults emerge in la...
Green Dock Beetle
Gastrophysa viridula
A small, brilliant metallic green beetle that feeds on dock and sorrel plants. Gravid females have e...
Green Grooved Longhorn
Prosopocera lactator
A pale green longhorn beetle with long, elegantly banded antennae. It is found on fig and other broa...
Green Longhorn Beetle
Chlorobapta frontalis
A bright metallic green longhorn beetle found visiting flowers in spring. Its vivid coloring makes i...
Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris
A fast-running, metallic green beetle with cream-colored spots. It is a fierce predator that chases ...
Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela chinensis
A brilliant metallic green predatory beetle with copper-red legs and large eyes. It is an extremely ...
Green-and-gold Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus viridiaeneus
A striking iridescent beetle with green and gold metallic sheen on its elytra. It is one of the most...
Hairy Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus hirsutus
A densely hairy golden-brown Christmas beetle found in southeastern Australia. The fine hairs coveri...
Haldeman's Tumbling Flower Beetle
Mordella haldemani
A small black tumbling flower beetle found in eastern North America. It is commonly seen on composit...
Handsome Fungus Beetle
Stenotarsus rotundus
A small rounded beetle that aggregates in enormous numbers during dry seasons....
Harlequin Beetle
Acrocinus longimanus
A spectacular longhorn beetle from the Amazon with intricate red, black, and yellow patterns. Males ...
Harlequin Flower Beetle
Gymnetis thula
A colorful scarab with variable patterns of brown cream and black resembling calico fabric. No two i...
Harris's Diving Beetle
Dytiscus harrisii
A large North American diving beetle found in cold, clear lakes and bog ponds. It is one of the larg...
Hazel Leaf-Roller Weevil
Apoderus coryli
A small red and black weevil that rolls hazel leaves into neat cigar-shaped tubes for its eggs. The ...
Heike Firefly
Luciola lateralis
A Japanese firefly associated with rice paddies, smaller than the Genji firefly. It flashes more rap...
Helena Olive Wireworm Beetle
Tarphius wollastoni
A small beetle endemic to St. Helena in the South Atlantic. It is associated with decaying endemic g...
Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
One of the largest beetles in the world. Males sport enormous horns used in combat for mates. The el...
Hermit Beetle
Osmoderma eremita
A large, dark chestnut beetle that lives its entire life inside hollow old trees. It emits a strong ...
Hieroglyphic Ladybird
Coccinella hieroglyphica
A European ladybird with extraordinarily variable elytral patterns resembling hieroglyphs. It is pri...
Horned Dung Beetle
Onthophagus taurus
The strongest insect on Earth relative to body size — can pull 1,141 times its own body weight. Male...
Horned Passalus
Odontotaenius disjunctus
A large, shiny black beetle with a small horn on its head, found in rotting logs. It lives in family...
Iberian Glow-Worm
Lampyris iberica
A glow-worm firefly found in Spain and Portugal with wingless, luminous females. It inhabits Mediter...
Indian Common Firefly
Luciola gorhami
A widespread firefly across the Indian subcontinent, common in rural areas and villages. It produces...
Iron Cross Blister Beetle
Tegrodera aloga
A striking beetle with bright yellow and black cross-shaped markings on its elytra. It contains cant...
Ironclad Beetle
Zopherus nodulosus haldemani
An extremely tough, stone-grey beetle covered in knobby bumps. Its exoskeleton can withstand being d...
Ironclad Beetle
Phloeodes diabolicus
Has one of the toughest exoskeletons of any insect — it can withstand forces 39,000 times its body w...
Ironclad Beetle
Nosoderma diabolicum
An incredibly tough desert beetle that can withstand forces 39,000 times its own body weight. Its ex...
Ironclad Beetle
Zopherus nodulosus
An extremely tough beetle whose exoskeleton can withstand being driven over by a car....
Ivory-Marked Beetle
Eburia quadrigeminata
A tan longhorn beetle with pairs of ivory-colored raised spots on each elytron. Larvae bore into har...
Jamaican Click Beetle
Pyrophorus plagiophthalamus
A bioluminescent click beetle that produces both green light from its thorax and orange light from i...
Jamaican Click Beetle
Pyrophorus noctilucus
The brightest bioluminescent insect known. Indigenous peoples used them as temporary lanterns by pla...
Janus Elephant Beetle
Megasoma janus
A massive rhinoceros beetle with a forked cephalic horn and broad pronotal horns. It is among the bu...
Japanese Diving Beetle
Cybister japonicus
A large diving beetle native to Japan, once common but now increasingly rare. It has suffered severe...
Japanese Genji Firefly
Luciola cruciata
An aquatic-larval firefly revered in Japanese culture, found near clean streams. It is one of the fe...
Japanese Water Penny
Eubrianax granicollis
An East Asian water penny beetle found in swift forest streams of Japan. Adults are dark and robust ...
Jewel Beetle
Anthaxia fulgurans
A small but brilliantly metallic green jewel beetle found on flowers in southern Europe. Adults bask...
Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Prized for its iridescent metallic green and red-gold elytra. Used in traditional Japanese art calle...
Jewel Beetle
Stigmodera gratiosa
A large, brilliantly colored jewel beetle with metallic green and red-orange bands. It is one of the...
Jewel Beetle of Cyprus
Julodis ehrenbergii
A large, robust jewel beetle with textured, dark bronze-green elytra dotted with golden pits. It is ...
Jewel Frog Beetle
Sagra longicollis
A spectacular metallic beetle with colors ranging from deep red to purple and green. Males have grea...
Jewel Longhorn Beetle
Sternotomis bohemani
A strikingly patterned longhorn beetle with green and black markings....
Jewel Scarab
Chrysina resplendens
A beetle that appears to be made of polished gold, found in cloud forests of Central America. Its re...
Jewelled Frog Beetle
Sagra buqueti
A brilliantly metallic leaf beetle with enlarged hind legs resembling a frog's. Males use their powe...
Kauai Flightless Stag Beetle
Apterocyclus honoluluensis
A flightless stag beetle endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Larvae develop in rotting logs of...
Khapra Beetle
Trogoderma granarium
A small, oval, hairy beetle considered one of the world's most destructive stored-product pests. Lar...
Kidney-Spot Ladybird
Chilocorus renipustulatus
A small black ladybird with two red kidney-shaped spots, found across Europe. It specializes in feed...
Korean Click Beetle
Campsosternus auratus
A large metallic green click beetle with a coppery sheen found across East Asia. It can propel itsel...
Kudzu Bug
Megacopta cribraria
A small, olive-green, globular beetle that feeds on kudzu and soybeans. It was first detected in Nor...
Larch Ladybird
Aphidecta obliterata
A small brown ladybird that specializes on larch-feeding aphids in European conifer forests. Its cry...
Larder Beetle
Dermestes lardarius
A dark brown beetle with a pale band across its elytra, commonly found in stored food products. Larv...
Large Elm Beetle
Oulimnius tuberculatus
A small, robust riffle beetle found throughout European streams. Adults have a distinctive tubercula...
Large Whirligig Beetle
Dineutus americanus
The largest North American whirligig beetle, found on the surface of streams and rivers. It produces...
Lesser Silver Water Beetle
Hydrochara flavipes
A medium-sized water scavenger beetle found in still waters across East Asia. Its legs have distinct...
Lesser Stag Beetle
Dorcus parallelipipedus
A robust, matt-black beetle found across European woodlands. Unlike its larger cousin, both sexes ha...
Lily Beetle
Lilioceris lilii
A bright scarlet beetle that is a destructive pest of lilies and fritillaries. Larvae camouflage the...
Lined June Beetle
Polyphylla decemlineata
A large scarab beetle with striking white-striped elytra found in western North America. Males have ...
Long-armed Chafer
Cheirotonus gestroi
A large reddish-brown beetle with spectacularly elongated front legs in males. The legs can be longe...
Long-Toed Water Beetle
Stenelmis crenata
A small riffle beetle with elongated tarsal claws for gripping rocks in fast currents. Both adults a...
Longicorn Beetle
Phoracantha semipunctata
A brown and cream longhorn beetle with extremely long antennae that infests stressed eucalypts. It h...
Lord Howe Island Beetle
Anoplognathus macleayi
A scarab beetle endemic to Lord Howe Island with metallic green coloring. It has suffered severe dec...
Luminous Click Beetle
Pyrearinus candelarius
A bioluminescent click beetle from South American tropical forests. Its larvae often inhabit termite...
Macleay's Spectre Stick Insect Longhorn
Penthea vermicularis
A slender longhorn beetle with mottled grey-brown bark-like camouflage patterning. It is found on de...
Maize Weevil
Sitophilus zeamais
A small dark brown weevil with four reddish spots on its elytra. It is one of the most destructive s...
Malaysian Firefly
Pteroptyx valida
A synchronous firefly of Malaysian rivers that creates spectacular congregation displays. It is a ke...
Mangrove Longhorn
Aeolesthes holosericeus
A velvety brown longhorn beetle found in tropical forests across South and Southeast Asia. Adults ar...
Margined Leatherwing
Chauliognathus marginatus
An early-summer soldier beetle found across eastern North America with yellow elytra edged in dark m...
Mars Elephant Beetle
Megasoma mars
A large rhinoceros beetle with distinctive yellowish hairs covering its elytra. Males have a long pr...
Marshalli Flower Beetle
Smaragdesthes africana
A small brilliant green flower chafer commonly found on flowers in open woodland. It is an important...
Mealworm Beetle
Tenebrio molitor
A dull black-brown darkling beetle best known for its larval form, the mealworm. It is commercially ...
Mealybug Destroyer
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
A dark-colored Australian ladybird with an orange head, widely used as a biocontrol agent. Its larva...
Mediterranean Firefly
Luciola italica
A common Southern European firefly that flies through warm summer nights producing a continuous gree...
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
Buprestis rustica
A robust bronze-green jewel beetle with subtle coppery reflections found in coniferous forests. Adul...
Miniature Water Scavenger Beetle
Cercyon laminatus
A tiny terrestrial hydrophilid often found in compost and decaying plant material. Despite belonging...
Minotaur Beetle
Typhaeus typhoeus
A robust, black beetle where males sport three forward-pointing horns on the thorax. It buries rabbi...
Miyama Stag Beetle
Lucanus maculifemoratus
A Japanese stag beetle with golden-brown fur on its thorax and elaborate antler-like mandibles. It i...
Moellenkamp's Stag Beetle
Dorcus titanus
One of the most widely kept stag beetles in Asia, with powerful broad mandibles. Males show extreme ...
Monkey Beetle
Hopliini scolioides
A hairy scarab beetle that pollinates flowers in South African fynbos....
Mottled Goliath Beetle
Goliathus albosignatus
A southern African goliath beetle with white mottled markings on dark brown elytra. It is smaller th...
Mount Hermon June Beetle
Polyphylla barbata
A scarab beetle endemic to sandhills in Santa Cruz County, California. Adults emerge in summer and a...
Mountain Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus ponderosae
A small dark brown bark beetle that bores into pine trees to lay eggs beneath the bark. Massive outb...
Musk Beetle
Aromia moschata
A large, metallic green or coppery longhorn beetle that emits a rose-like musk scent. Larvae develop...
Namib Fog Beetle
Stenocara gracilipes
A darkling beetle that harvests drinking water from coastal fog in the Namib Desert. It tilts its bo...
Narrow-Necked Cave Beetle
Leptodirus hochenwartii
The first cave-dwelling animal ever scientifically described, in 1832. Completely eyeless and unpigm...
Neotropical Firefly
Aspisoma lineatum
A soft-bodied beetle producing a continuous greenish glow from its abdominal lantern organs. It is c...
Neotropical Longhorn Beetle
Callipogon relictus
A large relict longhorn beetle with massive toothed mandibles and dark reddish-brown coloring. It is...
Neotropical Metallic Wood Borer
Euchroma gigantea
The largest jewel beetle in the Americas with iridescent green, red, and purple elytra. It is common...
Neotropical Scarab Beetle
Coprophanaeus lancifer
The largest dung beetle in the Americas with a striking metallic blue-black body. Males bear a long ...
Neotropical Tiger Beetle
Pseudoxycheila tarsalis
A fast-running predatory beetle with metallic blue-green elytra and large sickle-shaped mandibles. I...
Net-winged Beetle
Calopteron reticulatum
A toxic beetle with raised net-like veins on its elytra and aposematic coloration....
New Zealand Glow-Worm Firefly
Atyphella flammans
An Australasian firefly found in subtropical forests of eastern Australia. It produces a steady ambe...
Night-Stalking Tiger Beetle
Omus dejeanii
A flightless nocturnal tiger beetle from western North America with a matte black body. Unlike its d...
Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle
Habroscelimorpha dorsalis
A pale tan tiger beetle adapted to coastal sandy beaches. Its coloration provides excellent camoufla...
Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle
Habroscelimorpha dorsalis dorsalis
A tiger beetle of Atlantic coast beaches from New England to Virginia. It nests in sandy beach habit...
Notch-Tipped Flower Longhorn
Typocerus sinuatus
A yellow longhorn beetle with wavy dark bands across its elytra. It is a common flower visitor in ea...
Nut Weevil
Curculio nucum
A small weevil with a slender, downward-curved snout used to bore into hazelnuts. The larva feeds in...
Nuttall Blister Beetle
Lytta nuttalli
A brilliant metallic purple-blue blister beetle found in the prairies and grasslands of western Nort...
Oahu Tree Snail Predator Beetle
Mecyclothorax oahuensis
A tiny ground beetle endemic to the montane forests of Oahu, Hawaii. It inhabits leaf litter and mos...
Oil Beetle
Meloe proscarabaeus
A large, flightless beetle with shortened elytra and a swollen abdomen. It secretes an oily, blister...
Oregon Tiger Beetle
Cicindela oregona
A variable-colored tiger beetle found in open sandy and gravelly habitats across western North Ameri...
Ox Beetle
Strategus aloeus
A large robust dark brown beetle with three forward-pointing horns on the males pronotum. It is attr...
Pacific Flatheaded Borer
Chrysobothris mali
A dark bronze jewel beetle that attacks fruit and ornamental trees. Larvae bore flat-headed tunnels ...
Painted Reed Beetle
Plateumaris sericea
A brilliantly metallic leaf beetle found on aquatic plants, varying from green to blue, copper, or p...
Palmetto Weevil
Rhynchophorus cruentatus
The largest weevil in North America, with variable black and red coloring. It attacks stressed cabba...
Papuan Firefly
Luciola papuana
A tropical firefly found in New Guinea's lowland forests and coastal areas. It produces rapid green ...
Passalid Beetle
Pharochilus dilatatus
A large, glossy black beetle that lives in family groups inside rotting logs. Adults and larvae comm...
Patterned Tumbling Flower Beetle
Mordella fasciata
A small black beetle with distinctive pale zigzag bands formed by pale pubescence on the elytra. It ...
Pea Weevil
Bruchus pisorum
A small brownish beetle that lays eggs on developing pea pods. The larva eats its way into a single ...
Pennsylvania Firefly
Photuris pennsylvanica
A common firefly of the eastern United States that produces a green-yellow bioluminescent flash. Adu...
Pictured Rove Beetle
Paederus littoralis
A slender black and orange rove beetle with short elytra exposing most of its abdomen. It contains t...
Pinacate Beetle
Eleodes armata
A shiny black desert beetle with spine-like projections on its legs. It performs a distinctive heads...
Pindarus Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus pindarus
A medium-sized brown Christmas beetle with a distinctly punctured thorax. It is found in coastal and...
Pine Chafer
Polyphylla fullo
A large brown chafer beetle with white marbled markings on its elytra. Males have enormous fan-shape...
Pine Sawyer Beetle
Monochamus galloprovincialis
A large brown longhorn beetle that breeds in dying or recently dead pine trees. It is a vector of th...
Pitted Ambrosia Beetle
Cnesinus strigicollis
A tiny dark brown bark beetle that cultivates fungal gardens inside its tunnels. It introduces ambro...
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Gibbifer californicus
A brightly colored beetle that feeds exclusively on bracket fungi on dead trees. Its warning colors ...
Pleasing Lacewing Beetle
Zenoa picea
An uncommon beetle found only on fungus-covered deciduous trees....
Plum Curculio
Conotrachelus nenuphar
A dark brown snout beetle covered in warty bumps that is a major pest of stone fruits. Females carve...
Polka-dot Fruit Chafer
Cyprolais hornimani
A vivid green chafer beetle covered with small white spots across the elytra. It is found feeding on...
Polydrusus Weevil
Polydrusus sericeus
A small weevil covered in brilliant green scales that sparkle in sunlight. It is commonly found on b...
Ponderosa Pine Bark Borer
Acanthocinus princeps
A grey-brown longhorn beetle with extremely long antennae that can be four times its body length. Ma...
Powdered Fungus Beetle of Azores
Tarphius floresensis
A tiny beetle endemic to Flores Island in the Azores. It inhabits decaying wood in remnant laurel fo...
Powderpost Beetle
Lyctus brunneus
A small, slender reddish-brown beetle that reduces hardwood timber to fine powder. It is a significa...
Predaceous Diving Beetle
Cybister lateralimarginalis
A large olive-green diving beetle found across southern Europe and Africa. It is a powerful swimmer ...
Prionine Longhorn Beetle
Agrianome spinicollis
One of Australia's largest longhorn beetles with a robust brown body and spiny thorax. Its larvae ar...
Punctured Tiger Beetle
Cicindela punctulata
A small dark bronze to greenish tiger beetle with fine punctures on its elytra. It is one of the mos...
Puritan Tiger Beetle
Cicindela puritana
A bronze-green tiger beetle with white markings found only on sandy riverbanks and beaches. It is on...
Railroad Worm
Phrixothrix hirtus
A beetle larva with 11 pairs of green-glowing lateral organs and a red-glowing headlamp — the only l...
Rainbow Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina cerealis
A spectacularly colored beetle with iridescent stripes of red, green, blue, and purple. It is extrem...
Rainbow Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina fastuosa
A metallic multicolored beetle with iridescent green, blue, and purple stripes....
Rainbow Stag Beetle
Phalacrognathus muelleri
Australias most spectacularly colored beetle, with iridescent green, red, gold, and purple metallic ...
Red Flour Beetle
Tribolium castaneum
A small, reddish-brown beetle that is one of the most important stored-grain pests worldwide. It is ...
Red Milkweed Beetle
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
A bright red beetle with black spots, exclusively associated with common milkweed. Its antennae bise...
Red Palm Weevil
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
A large rusty-red weevil with a long curved rostrum and dark spots on the thorax. Its larvae bore de...
Red Poplar Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela populi
A shiny red-orange beetle with a black head, commonly found on poplar and willow trees. Larvae relea...
Red Soldier Beetle
Rhagonycha fulva
A very common soldier beetle in Europe with orange-red elytra tipped in black. It is one of the most...
Red-Headed Cardinal Beetle
Pyrochroa serraticornis
A vivid red beetle with serrated antennae found on flowers and under bark. Larvae are predatory and ...
Red-legged Jewel Beetle
Castiarina rufipennis
A medium-sized jewel beetle with reddish-brown elytra and metallic green thorax. It visits flowers i...
Red-Lined Carrion Beetle
Necrodes surinamensis
A dark, flattened carrion beetle with reddish markings on the tips of its elytra. It is one of the f...
Red-Tipped Tumbling Flower Beetle
Mordellina pustulata
A small tumbling flower beetle with dark elytra bearing reddish markings, found across Europe. Larva...
Reticulated Beetle
Tenomerga cinerea
A living fossil from one of the most ancient beetle families still extant....
Rhinoceros Beetle
Xylotrupes ulysses
A large, powerful scarab beetle where males sport a prominent forked horn on the head. It is commonl...
Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes nasicornis
A large brown beetle where males bear a curved horn on the head. Larvae develop in rotting wood, com...
Rhinoceros Beetle
Dynastes neptunus
Males have enormous horns used in wrestling matches for territory and mates. Despite their fearsome ...
Rhinoceros Dung Beetle
Heliocopris dominus
A large nocturnal dung beetle found in the forests of Southeast Asia. It constructs enormous brood b...
Ridged Water Scavenger Beetle
Helochares obscurus
A small brown water beetle found in well-vegetated ponds across Europe. Females carry their egg sacs...
Riffle Beetle
Elmis aenea
A tiny, dark beetle that spends its entire adult life underwater clinging to rocks in riffles. It br...
Rolled-wing Beetle
Derodontus maculatus
A tiny beetle that feeds on slime molds on decaying logs in cool forests....
Rose Chafer
Cetonia aurata
A shiny, metallic green beetle commonly found on roses and other flowers. Unlike most beetles, it fl...
Rosemary Beetle
Chrysolina americana
A small oval beetle with metallic green and purple stripes on its elytra. Despite its name, it origi...
Rough-Skinned Diving Beetle
Dytiscus lapponicus
A large diving beetle of northern and alpine regions across Europe and Asia. Both sexes have finely ...
Royal Goliath Beetle
Goliathus regius
A massive scarab beetle with bold white and brown markings on its elytra. Males have a forked horn u...
Rugged Oil Beetle
Meloe rugosus
A rare, dark and heavily wrinkled oil beetle that appears in autumn unlike its spring-emerging relat...
Rugose Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus rugosus
A robust dark brown scarab with distinctly wrinkled elytra found in southeastern Australia. Adults a...
Rustic Soldier Beetle
Cantharis rustica
A common European soldier beetle with dark elytra and an orange-red pronotum marked with a black spo...
Saga Longhorn Beetle
Batocera lineolata
A large longhorn beetle with pale greenish-grey elytra marked with dark spots and lines. Its larvae ...
Say's Firefly
Pyractomena borealis
An early-season firefly of northern North America that flies low over wetlands. It produces a distin...
Say's Firefly
Pyractomena angulata
An early-season firefly with amber-orange flashes seen in spring across eastern North America. It is...
Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Malachius aeneus
A small beetle with brilliant red and metallic green coloring. Males have peculiar orange head appen...
Scarlet Net-Winged Beetle
Plateros brasiliensis
A bright red lycid beetle found in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. Its vivid coloration is par...
Screech Beetle
Hygrobia hermanni
A medium-sized, reddish-brown water beetle that produces an audible squeaking sound when handled. It...
Serrate-Winged Beetle
Ptilodactyla serricollis
A small, oval beetle with serrate antennae found in Japan's forested mountain areas. Larvae are semi...
Seven-Spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
The most common ladybird in Europe. Its bright red coloring with seven black spots warns predators o...
Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle
Coccinella magnifica
A scarce ladybird that lives exclusively in and around wood ant nests. It closely resembles the comm...
Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides
A black and orange carrion beetle that buries small animal carcasses as food for its larvae. Both pa...
Seychelles Stag Beetle
Didimus seychellensis
A stag beetle endemic to the granitic islands of the Seychelles. It lives in decaying wood in native...
Sharp-Grooved Diving Beetle
Acilius sulcatus
A medium-sized diving beetle widespread across Europe, recognized by the deeply grooved elytra of fe...
Short-Winged Blister Beetle
Meloe violaceus
A blue-violet oil beetle found across Europe, often seen walking on paths and open ground in spring....
Short-Winged False Blister Beetle
Oedemera femorata
A dark-colored oedemerid with gaping elytra that do not cover the full abdomen. Males have conspicuo...
Siamese Stag Beetle
Hexarthrius parryi
A large stag beetle with impressive curved mandibles and a dark brown to black body. Males use their...
Silver-Haired Tumbling Flower Beetle
Mordellistena argentata
A tiny tumbling flower beetle covered in fine silvery pubescence across Europe. Larvae develop in th...
Simulated Jewel Beetle
Castiarina simulata
A small jewel beetle with variable yellow and black banded patterning on its elytra. It is found in ...
Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela sexguttata
A brilliant metallic green beetle with six white spots on its elytra. It is an agile predator common...
Slack Creek Stag Beetle
Lissotes menalcas
A small glossy black stag beetle endemic to Tasmania. Males have modest but distinctly curved mandib...
Small Hive Beetle
Aethina tumida
A small dark beetle native to sub-Saharan Africa that is a serious pest of honeybee colonies. It has...
Smokies Synchronous Firefly
Photinus macdermotti
A firefly found in the central Appalachian region that produces slow, deliberate flashes. It is clos...
Snail-killing Fly Beetle
Drilus flavescens
A brown beetle with soft elytra where males are winged but females are larviform and never develop w...
Snout Beetle
Rhinotia hemistictus
An elongated Australian weevil with a remarkably long snout and metallic blue-green coloring with or...
Soldier Beetle
Cantharis livida
A soft-bodied beetle with orange-yellow elytra and a dark head. Adults are commonly seen on flower h...
South American Darkling Beetle
Zophobas morio
A large shiny black darkling beetle widely distributed across tropical South America. Its larvae, kn...
South American Dung Beetle
Oxysternon conspicillatum
A metallic green and copper dung beetle common in Amazonian forests. Males have a distinctive curved...
South American Leaf Beetle
Doryphora reticulata
A colorful leaf beetle with a reticulated pattern of black lines over yellow-orange elytra. It feeds...
South American Weevil
Rhinostomus barbirostris
A large black weevil with a very long, slender rostrum used for boring into palm trunks. It is an im...
Southern Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus frontalis
A tiny dark brown bark beetle that is the most destructive insect pest of southern pine forests. Inf...
Spanish Copper
Carabus hispanus
A spectacular ground beetle with vivid coppery-red and green metallic colouring. It inhabits souther...
Spanish Copris
Copris hispanus
A large shiny black dung beetle with a single curved horn on the males head. It constructs elaborate...
Spanish Fly
Lytta vesicatoria
A slender, metallic green blister beetle with soft elytra. It produces cantharidin, a potent blister...
Speckled Longhorn
Pachytodes cerambyciformis
A small yellow longhorn beetle with variable black spots and markings. It is a frequent visitor to h...
Spider Beetle
Mezium americanum
A globular beetle that closely resembles a small spider in shape and movement....
Spider Beetle
Ptinus fur
A small, globular beetle that resembles a spider due to its long legs and rounded body. It is a comm...
Spiny Oakworm Moth Predator Beetle
Calosoma scrutator
A large, iridescent green ground beetle with violet-blue margins, known as the fiery searcher. It hu...
Splendid Earth-boring Beetle
Bolbocerosoma farctum
A stout rotund beetle with a polished amber-brown body. It digs deep burrows in sandy soil and is at...
Splendid Earth-Boring Beetle
Phanaeus splendidulus
A small but strikingly colored scarab found in the southeastern United States. Its coppery-green ely...
Spotted Asparagus Beetle
Crioceris duodecimpunctata
A reddish-orange beetle with twelve black spots on its elytra. It is a pest of asparagus, with larva...
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
A yellowish-green beetle with eleven black spots on its elytra. It is a significant agricultural pes...
Spotted Flower Chafer
Protaetia morio
A matt black scarab beetle with scattered white spots on its elytra. It feeds on flowers and ripe fr...
Spotted Flower Chafer
Polystigma punctata
A metallic brown-green flower chafer with white spots scattered across the elytra. It is commonly fo...
Spotted Longhorn Beetle
Leptura quadrifasciata
A black and yellow banded longhorn beetle with a tapered body and long antennae. It visits flowers i...
Spotted Longhorn Beetle
Ceroplesis aestuans
A grey longhorn beetle covered in distinct pale spots across its elytra. Larvae develop inside livin...
Spring Pygmy Firefly
Pleotomus pallens
A tiny, rarely seen firefly of the eastern United States with a very short adult life span. Males pr...
Spruce Beetle
Dendroctonus rufipennis
A dark brown to black bark beetle that is the primary killer of mature spruce trees in North America...
Sri Lankan Firefly
Luciola singalesa
A tropical firefly endemic to Sri Lanka found in lowland forests. It produces a bright yellow-green ...
Sri Lankan Relict Ant Beetle
Helota vigorsii
A rare beetle found only in the wet zone forests of Sri Lanka. It lives under bark and is associated...
Stag Beetle
Lucanus cervus
Europes largest beetle. Males have dramatically enlarged mandibles resembling antlers, used in wrest...
Stag Beetle Mimic Longhorn
Cerambyx scopolii
A medium-sized dark brown longhorn beetle common across Europe. Adults emerge in late spring and are...
Stag Beetle of Rhodes
Dorcus rhodensis
A stag beetle endemic to the Greek island of Rhodes. Males have large mandibles used in combat over ...
Stag-jawed Longhorn
Dorysthenes buqueti
A large dark brown longhorn beetle with massive toothed mandibles in males resembling those of stag ...
Steelblue Jewel Beetle
Phaenops cyanea
A compact dark metallic blue-green beetle that attacks stressed pine trees. It has infrared sensors ...
Steelblue Ladybird
Halmus chalybeus
A small metallic blue-green ladybird native to Australia. It is an important predator of scale insec...
Striped Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus substriatus
A small whirligig beetle common across Europe, with fine longitudinal lines on the elytra. It aggreg...
Stripey Longhorn Beetle
Zographus niveisparsus
A boldly patterned longhorn with white bands and patches on a dark background. It is found in tropic...
Sulphur Beetle
Cteniopus sulphureus
A bright sulphur-yellow beetle that looks more like a flower beetle than a typical darkling beetle. ...
Sunburst Diving Beetle
Thermonectus marmoratus
A striking yellow-and-black spotted diving beetle from the American Southwest and Mexico. Its larvae...
Sunda Stag Beetle
Cyclommatus metallifer
A stunning metallic gold and bronze stag beetle from Indonesia with extremely long mandibles. Males ...
Synchronous Firefly
Photinus carolinus
One of the few firefly species in North America that synchronizes its flashing patterns. Thousands f...
Taiwanese Window Firefly
Pyrocoelia analis
A large Taiwanese firefly with a distinctive orange pronotum and transparent wing windows. Its larva...
Tanner Beetle
Prionus coriarius
A large, robust, dark brown longhorn beetle that flies noisily at dusk. Its powerful larvae bore int...
Tansy Beetle
Chrysolina graminis
A stunning metallic green and copper beetle covered in tiny pits. It is one of the rarest beetles in...
Telephone Pole Beetle
Micromalthus debilis
The sole surviving member of an ancient beetle family dating back 200 million years....
Thai Synchronous Firefly
Pteroptyx malaccae
A synchronous firefly of Southeast Asian mangroves that gathers in large congregations. Males synchr...
Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Oedemera nobilis
A metallic green beetle with splayed elytra that expose the wings. Males have distinctively swollen ...
Timberman Beetle
Acanthocinus aedilis
A mottled grey-brown longhorn beetle with antennae up to five times its body length in males. It bre...
Titan Beetle
Titanus giganteus
The largest beetle by body length in the world. Adults do not feed, surviving on fat reserves from t...
Titan Flower Beetle
Jumnos ruckeri
A spectacular velvety green and yellow flower beetle from Southeast Asian highlands. Males have dist...
Titan Longhorn Beetle
Phoracantha tricuspis
A large longhorn beetle with brown coloring and three-pronged elytral spines at the tips. It attacks...
Toe-winged Beetle
Ptilodactyla exotica
A soft-bodied beetle whose larvae are aquatic and breathe through anal gills....
Tooth Cave Ground Beetle
Rhadine persephone
A tiny eyeless ground beetle found only in a few limestone caves near Austin, Texas. It is a special...
Tooth-Necked Fungus Beetle
Bolitotherus cornutus
A heavily armored, warty brown beetle that feeds on shelf fungi on dead trees. Males have two promin...
Tortoise Beetle
Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis
A spectacular Asian tortoise beetle with a translucent golden shell margin that reveals internal str...
Totara Longhorn Beetle
Xylotoles costatus
A longhorn beetle endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. It breeds in dead wood of native Dr...
Transverse Ladybird
Coccinella transversalis
An Australian native ladybird with variable orange-and-black markings. It is an important biological...
Trilobite Beetle
Duliticola hoiseni
Females are large, larviform, and look strikingly like trilobites from the Paleozoic era. Males are ...
Trilobite Beetle
Platerodrilus paradoxus
One of the most bizarre beetles in the world where adult females retain a flattened larval appearanc...
Tropical Toed-Winged Beetle
Anchytarsus bicolor
A two-toned brown ptilodactylid beetle found in Central and South American cloud forests. Its larvae...
Tumblebug Beetle
Canthon vigilans
A small dung beetle that buries carrion as well as dung for its larvae....
Tumbling Flower Beetle
Mordella aculeata
A small, humpbacked beetle that tumbles erratically when disturbed. Adults are commonly found on flo...
Twelve-Lined Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus minutus
One of the smallest European whirligig beetles, found in clean ponds and lakes. It is often overlook...
Twenty-Two Spot Ladybird
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
A tiny bright yellow ladybird with exactly 22 black spots, widespread across Europe. Unlike most lad...
Twig-girdling Longhorn
Ceroplesis thunbergii
A grey and black longhorn beetle with pale speckled markings. It girdles living twigs to create suit...
Two-Spotted Oak Buprestid
Agrilus biguttatus
A slender, dark bronze-green jewel beetle with two white spots on its elytra. It is implicated in ac...
Varied Carpet Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
A tiny, round beetle with mottled white, brown, and yellow scales on its elytra. It is a worldwide p...
Vedalia Beetle
Novius cardinalis
A small red-and-black ladybird famous as the first successful biological control agent in history. I...
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus
A large black beetle with violet or purple margins on its elytra and thorax. It is nocturnal and hid...
Violin Beetle
Mormolyce borneensis
A flat violin-shaped ground beetle adapted to slide between bracket fungi layers....
Violin Beetle
Mormolyce phyllodes
An extraordinarily flat beetle shaped like a violin. Its paper-thin body allows it to squeeze betwee...
Wallace's Long-Armed Beetle
Cheirotonus parryi
A large, rare beetle with extremely elongated forelegs in males. Named for the naturalist Alfred Rus...
Washerwoman Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus porosus
A large tan to brown Christmas beetle with a rough, pitted elytra surface. It is one of the most wid...
Wasp Beetle
Clytus arietis
A longhorn beetle with yellow and black banding that mimics a common wasp. It even moves in a jerky,...
Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrophilus piceus
One of the largest European water beetles, with a glossy black, boat-shaped body. Despite its name, ...
Weevil
Curculio glandium
Acorn weevils have an enormously long rostrum (snout) used to bore into acorns for egg laying. Curcu...
Western Firefly
Microphotus angustus
A rare western North American firefly with larviform females that glow. Males are winged but produce...
Western Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus brevicomis
A small dark brown bark beetle that attacks ponderosa pine trees. It is one of the most destructive ...
Western Water Penny
Psephenus falli
A water penny beetle restricted to clean mountain streams in western North America. Its disc-shaped ...
Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus natator
A small, oval, shiny black beetle that spins in rapid circles on the water surface. Its eyes are div...
Whirligig Diving Beetle
Macrogyrus oblongus
A large whirligig beetle that spins on the water surface of African rivers....
White-lined Goliath Beetle
Goliathus orientalis
A striking goliath beetle with bold white longitudinal stripes on a dark background. It inhabits for...
White-spotted Longhorn
Batocera rufomaculata
A large greyish-brown longhorn beetle with orange or rufous spots on its elytra. It is a significant...
White-spotted Sawyer
Monochamus scutellatus
A large black longhorn beetle with a distinctive white spot at the base of the elytra. Males have an...
Winter Firefly
Ellychnia corrusca
A day-active firefly that does not produce light as an adult. It is commonly found on tree trunks du...
Yanbaru Long-armed Scarab
Cheirotonus jambar
An extremely rare scarab beetle endemic to the Yanbaru forests of Okinawa. Males have greatly elonga...
Yellow False Blister Beetle
Oedemera flavipes
A slender yellowish-brown oedemerid beetle found across Europe. It is a frequent visitor to umbellif...
Yellow-Margined Water Scavenger Beetle
Hydrochara caraboides
A large dark water scavenger beetle with yellowish margins on the pronotum. It inhabits well-vegetat...