Beneficial Insects
Predators, parasitoids, and pollinators
200 species in this collection
Tundra Wolf Spider
Pardosa glacialis
A dark, medium-sized wolf spider with cryptic brown and gray patterning. Females carry their egg sacs attached to their ...
Woodlouse Cockroach
Prosoplecta semperi
A tiny rounded cockroach that strongly resembles a ladybird beetle with its domed shape and red-orange coloring with bla...
African Blister Beetle
Mylabris oculata
A conspicuous beetle with orange-red and black banded elytra. It contains cantharidin, a potent toxin that can cause sev...
African Firefly
Luciola africana
A Sub-Saharan African firefly with a dark brown body and pale pronotal margins. It is one of the few well-documented fir...
African Giant Tiger Beetle
Manticora herculeana
The largest tiger beetle in the world, entirely black with enormous sickle-shaped mandibles. It is flightless and hunts ...
African Ladybird Beetle
Cheilomenes propinqua
A small, dome-shaped beetle with variable black and orange-red patterns. It is a voracious predator of aphids and is use...
African Net-winged Beetle
Lycus trabeatus
A brightly orange-red beetle with distinctive net-like wing venation and broad expanded elytra. It is toxic and serves a...
African Predator Rove Beetle
Philonthus longicornis
A medium-sized, cosmopolitan rove beetle with notably long antennae relative to its body size. It is commonly found in d...
African Soldier Beetle
Cantharis africana
A soft-bodied soldier beetle from Sub-Saharan Africa with orange-brown elytra and a darker head region. Like other canth...
African Tiger Beetle
Manticora latipennis
The world's largest tiger beetle, a fierce predator with massive jaws. It is flightless and hunts on the ground at night...
Aleochara Parasitoid Rove Beetle
Aleochara bilineata
A small, dark rove beetle whose larvae are parasitoids of cabbage root fly pupae. Adults are also active predators of fl...
Alpine Carabus
Carabus alpestris
A metallic green or bronze ground beetle of high alpine meadows. It is a nocturnal predator of slugs and soft-bodied inv...
Alpine Ground Beetle
Nebria germari
A dark, robust ground beetle found on alpine scree slopes and glacier margins. It hunts small invertebrates among loose ...
Alpine Rove Beetle
Ocypus alpestris
A large, black rove beetle of high-altitude meadows and forest edges. It is a fast-running predator of insects and larva...
Alpine Tiger Beetle
Cicindela gallica
A fast-running predatory beetle of dry alpine grasslands and rocky paths. Its greenish-bronze coloration provides camouf...
Amazon Flat Ground Beetle
Agra eowilsoni
An extremely elongated, ant-like ground beetle from Central American rainforests. Its narrow body and long mandibles mak...
Amazonian Net-Winged Beetle
Calopteron brasiliense
A soft-bodied beetle with broad, fan-shaped elytra featuring a net-like venation pattern. Its bright orange and black co...
Andean Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma abbreviatum
A South American caterpillar hunter beetle found in highland regions. It has dark bronze elytra and preys on armyworm ca...
Andean Cloud Forest Ground Beetle
Notiobia nebrioides
A medium-sized dark brown ground beetle found in the cloud forests of the Andes mountains. It is typical of the rich but...
Annulated Longhorn
Chloridolum annulare
A slender metallic green longhorn with distinctive dark rings on the antennae, giving it its common name. Found in subtr...
Anophthalmus Cave Beetle
Anophthalmus hitleri
A small, blind, depigmented cave beetle found in only a handful of caves in Slovenia. It has elongated legs and antennae...
Ant Beetle
Thanasimus formicarius
A brightly colored red and black bark beetle predator that mimics ants. It hunts bark beetles on pine trees....
Ant Nest Beetle
Paussus favieri
A bizarre reddish-brown beetle with swollen club-shaped antennae that lives inside ant nests. It mimics ant chemical sig...
Ant-like Flower Beetle
Anthicus antherinus
A tiny beetle resembling an ant, found on flowers and under debris. Has a distinctive narrowed 'neck' between head and t...
Ant-nest Scydmaenine
Cephennium gallicum
A tiny, blind, pale yellow scydmaenine rove beetle found exclusively in ant nests. Its reduced eyes and pigmentation ind...
Arctic Rove Beetle
Quedius boops
A medium-sized rove beetle with a sleek black body and short elytra. It has large eyes for hunting in dim conditions. Fo...
Asian Giant Rove Beetle
Platydracus sharpi
A large, striking rove beetle from East Asia with metallic blue-green coloration and golden pubescence. It is one of the...
Asian Rhagophthalmid Glowworm
Rhagophthalmus ohbai
A small beetle from the family Rhagophthalmidae with neotenic, larviform females that produce a bright continuous glow. ...
Australian Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma schayeri
An Australian caterpillar hunter with dark metallic elytra. It is an important natural enemy of pasture and crop caterpi...
Australian Glow-Worm Firefly
Atyphella lychnus
One of Australia's few true firefly species, found in tropical Queensland rainforests. Females are wingless and glow fro...
Banded Oogaster Ground Beetle
Anthia sexguttata
A large Indian ground beetle with six prominent white spots on its black elytra. It is a fast-running nocturnal predator...
Bark Gnawing Beetle
Trogossita japonica
A predatory beetle found under bark where it hunts wood-boring larvae. Its flattened body is well suited to life in bark...
Bark-crevice Rove Beetle
Nudobius lentus
A slender, flattened rove beetle adapted for life under tight-fitting bark. Its compressed body and strong legs allow it...
Beaver Rove Beetle
Leptusa fumida
A tiny, dark aleocharine rove beetle that inhabits the nests of beavers and other semi-aquatic rodents. It feeds on orga...
Bee Beetle
Trichius fasciatus
A fuzzy, yellow-and-black banded beetle that closely resembles a bumblebee. Adults visit flowers and feed on pollen....
Bee Chafer
Trichius rosaceus
A furry bumblebee-mimicking flower beetle with yellow and black bands. Visits roses and other garden flowers....
Bethany Beach Firefly
Photuris bethaniensis
A predatory firefly known from a narrow range along the mid-Atlantic coast. Females mimic the flash patterns of other fi...
Big-eyed Ground Beetle
Notiophilus biguttatus
A small, fast-running ground beetle with enormously enlarged eyes relative to its body size. It has a bronze sheen and i...
Big-headed Tiger Beetle
Megacephala virginica
A nocturnal tiger beetle with a disproportionately large head and long curved mandibles. It is dark brown to black and h...
Bipunctate Aleocharine
Aleochara bipustulata
A robust aleocharine rove beetle with two reddish spots on its elytra, serving as both predator and parasitoid of agricu...
Black and Yellow Longhorn
Rutpela maculata
A slender wasp-mimicking beetle with yellow elytra marked with black bands and spots. It is a common flower visitor in E...
Black Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma sayi
A large, entirely black caterpillar hunter beetle native to North American prairies and grasslands. It is a powerful run...
Black Clock Beetle
Pterostichus madidus
A common nocturnal ground beetle found throughout European gardens and farmland. It is jet black and a voracious predato...
Black-Headed Blister Beetle
Epicauta pennsylvanica
An entirely black blister beetle common across eastern North America, often seen in large groups on goldenrod in autumn....
Blue Ground Beetle
Carabus intricatus
A large brilliant blue beetle with intricately sculptured elytra. It is a nocturnal predator of slugs and snails in anci...
Blue Margined Ground Beetle
Chlaenius impunctifrons
A brilliantly colored ground beetle with bright metallic blue-green elytra and a velvety texture from fine pubescence. I...
Blue Mountains Firefly
Atyphella flammulans
An Australian firefly found in cool temperate rainforests, producing a steady greenish glow. It has a dark body and is m...
Blue Paederine Rove Beetle
Paederus balcanicus
A colorful Paederus rove beetle with metallic blue elytra and an orange thorax, found in southeastern Europe. Like all P...
Blue-winged Rove Beetle
Platydracus chalcocephalus
A handsome rove beetle with a metallic blue-green head and pronotum contrasting with brown elytra. It is found in wooded...
Bog Jet Beetle
Stenus juno
One of the largest Stenus species, with a shiny black body and the characteristic bulging eyes of its genus. It frequent...
Borneo Firefly
Pteroptyx bearni
A synchronous firefly endemic to Borneo that creates dramatic light displays in riverside trees. It congregates in speci...
Borneo Giant Firefly
Lamprigera borneensis
A very large tropical firefly from Borneo with massive larviform females that glow brightly. Males are smaller and winge...
Brazilian Headlight Firefly
Pyrearinus termitilluminans
A unique click beetle relative whose bioluminescent larvae inhabit termite mounds in the Brazilian cerrado. The glowing ...
Brazilian Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus flavipes
A South American soldier beetle with yellow-orange elytra and dark markings. It is commonly found on flowers in the Atla...
Brown-winged Rove Beetle
Tasgius ater
A large, uniformly dark rove beetle with subtly brownish elytra, closely related to Tasgius melanarius. It prefers more ...
Canary Islands Tiger Beetle
Cicindela lunulata
A fast-running predatory beetle found on the Canary Islands with metallic green coloring. It hunts on open sandy and vol...
Carabus olympiae
Carabus olympiae
A brilliantly colored ground beetle found only in a tiny area of the Italian Alps. Its metallic purple and green elytra ...
Cardinal Beetle
Pyrochroa coccinea
A striking flat beetle with a bright scarlet body and large black eyes. Larvae are predators under bark....
Cardo Longhorn
Agapanthia cardui
A strikingly patterned longhorn with alternating bands of grey and dark pubescence on the elytra. It specializes on this...
Carpathian Alpine Beetle
Nebria reitteri
An endemic alpine ground beetle of the Carpathian Mountains. It is a cold-specialist predator found only at the highest ...
Caucasus Ground Beetle
Carabus caucasicus
A large, robust ground beetle from the Caucasus Mountains with deeply sculptured black elytra and a massive body. It is ...
Cave Rove Beetle
Leptotyphlus mirabilis
A minute, eyeless, depigmented rove beetle adapted to life in deep soil and cave environments. Its body is extremely elo...
Cedar Beetle
Sandalus niger
A parasitoid beetle whose larvae feed on cicada nymphs underground....
Central American Glowworm Beetle
Phengodes hidalgoensis
A Mexican glowworm beetle with males possessing large feathery antennae and short elytra. The larviform females produce ...
Chinese Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus elysii
A stunning Chinese ground beetle with brilliant golden-green elytra and deep blue pronotum. It is found in the forested ...
Chinese Rhagophthalmid Glowworm
Rhagophthalmus lufengensis
A bioluminescent beetle from southern China with larviform females that emit a steady greenish glow from ventral light o...
Chinese Terrestrial Glowworm Firefly
Pyrocoelia pectoralis
A large firefly with dark brown elytra and a bright reddish pronotum. Females are wingless and produce a steady glow. Th...
Chrysomeline Rove Beetle
Tachyporus chrysomelinus
A small, elegantly shaped rove beetle with a distinctly pointed abdomen and yellowish-brown coloration. It is one of the...
Claudius Ground Beetle
Carabus clathratus
A large bronze or coppery-black ground beetle with distinctive chain-like patterning on its elytra formed by rows of rai...
Click Beetle
Alaus oculatus
Has a special mechanism that allows it to snap its body with a click, launching itself up to 30 cm into the air. The lar...
Cliff Tiger Beetle
Cicindela germanica
A small, dark green tiger beetle with faint pale markings found on exposed clay and chalk slopes. It has declined severe...
Clouded Rove Beetle
Staphylinus nebulosis
A large European rove beetle with a cloudy gray-brown pubescence pattern and powerful jaws. It is a nocturnal hunter tha...
Coastal Rove Beetle
Cafius xantholoma
A medium-sized rove beetle with yellowish elytral margins, highly adapted to life on seashores. It lives under seaweed w...
Colorado Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus basalis
A soft-bodied beetle with orange and brown elytra commonly found on flowers. It is an important pollinator and predator ...
Columbia Tiger Beetle
Cicindela columbica
A rare tiger beetle known from sandy riverbanks in the Pacific Northwest. It is an agile predator that chases down small...
Common Agonum
Agonum muelleri
A sleek, metallic greenish-bronze ground beetle with a smooth, oval body. It is one of the most common ground beetles in...
Common Aleocharine
Atheta coriaria
A tiny, dark brown aleocharine rove beetle now commercially sold as a biological control agent. It is an aggressive pred...
Common Anchomenus
Anchomenus dorsalis
A small, elegant ground beetle with metallic green elytra, a reddish-brown head, and pale legs. It is one of the most ef...
Common Bembidion
Bembidion lampros
A tiny, metallic bronze ground beetle that is one of the most abundant carabids in European farmland. Despite its small ...
Common Black Ground Beetle
Pterostichus melanarius
One of the most abundant ground beetles in European farmland and gardens. It is a generalist predator active mainly at n...
Common False Blister Beetle
Oedemera lurida
A small olive-green or brownish beetle found commonly on flowers across Europe. Unlike the related O. nobilis, both sexe...
Common Pollen Beetle
Brassicogethes aeneus
A tiny iridescent green-black beetle that congregates in yellow flowers to feed on pollen. It is a major pest of oilseed...
Common Red Rove Beetle
Staphylinus erythropterus
A large rove beetle with reddish-brown elytra and a velvety black body. It is a fast-running predator found in forests....
Common Sun Beetle
Elaphrus cupreus
A small, brilliantly metallic copper-green beetle with distinctive eye-like pits on its elytra. It runs rapidly on wet m...
Compost Rove Beetle
Oxytelus laqueatus
A small, broad oxytelline rove beetle with a distinctively sculptured pronotum bearing deep grooves. It is abundant in c...
Congo Giant Ground Beetle
Anthia duodecimguttata
A massive black ground beetle with twelve white spots on its elytra, found across sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of the l...
Conifer Rove Beetle
Quedius plagiatus
A medium-sized, dark rove beetle strongly associated with coniferous bark and dead wood. It is an important predator of ...
Coppery Chlaenius
Chlaenius cumatilis
A medium-sized ground beetle with brilliant metallic blue-green coloring and fine pubescence covering its elytra. It is ...
Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle
Cicindela albissima
A nearly white tiger beetle perfectly camouflaged against the pink-white sand dunes of its sole habitat in southern Utah...
Costa Rican Firefly
Aspisoma ignitum
A neotropical firefly with a dark body and reddish pronotum bearing a median dark stripe. It produces a bright yellow-gr...
Creek Pacer Ground Beetle
Chlaenius tricolor
A handsome ground beetle with bright metallic green elytra, a bluish pronotum, and reddish-brown legs. It is commonly fo...
Dahlia Longhorn
Agapanthia dahli
A medium-sized longhorn with dense olive-green pubescence and a prominent yellow dorsal stripe on the pronotum. It is wi...
Dark Rove Beetle
Tachyporus nitidulus
A small, shiny dark brown rove beetle with a characteristic boat-shaped body. It is incredibly numerous in northern Euro...
Dark Soldier Beetle
Cantharis obscura
A dark-colored European soldier beetle often found on umbelliferous flowers. Its entirely dark elytra distinguish it fro...
Delta Flower Scarab
Trigonopeltastes delta
A small triangular beetle marked with a distinctive delta-shaped pattern in yellow and black. It is a common flower visi...
Delta Green Ground Beetle
Elaphrus viridis
A small metallic green ground beetle found only near vernal pools in Solano County, California. It is threatened by urba...
Denticulate Soldier Beetle
Silis percomis
A small, rarely noticed soldier beetle found in grasslands of the midwestern United States. Males have distinctive tooth...
Desert Longhorn Beetle
Crossidius hirtipes
A hairy, brightly marked longhorn beetle of the American Southwest. Adults visit desert wildflowers for pollen and necta...
Desert Tiger Beetle
Cicindela hemorrhagica
A bright red and green tiger beetle that hunts along the edges of desert streams and alkaline flats. It is an extremely ...
Dimple-back Ground Beetle
Elaphrus riparius
A small, fast-running beetle with distinctive cup-shaped depressions on its elytra that create a dimpled appearance. It ...
Dinodes Ground Beetle
Dinodes decipiens
A rare cave-dwelling ground beetle from the Balkans with reduced eyes and elongated appendages. It represents an interme...
Diving Beetle
Dytiscus marginalis
A large, streamlined aquatic beetle with an olive-green body bordered in yellow. It carries an air bubble under its elyt...
Dromedary Tiger Beetle
Dromica kolbei
A large flightless tiger beetle with elongated legs and a matte black body. Females are larger than males and have reduc...
East Asian Pheropsophus Bombardier
Pheropsophus jessoensis
A large Asian bombardier beetle with an orange head and pronotum and dark blue-black elytra. It is the largest bombardie...
Eastern Bombardier Beetle
Brachinus explodens
A bombardier beetle widespread across central and eastern Europe. It hunts small soil invertebrates at night....
Eight-spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela octogramma
A dark bronze tiger beetle bearing eight distinct pale spots on its elytra. It is a fast-moving predator found on expose...
End Band Net-Winged Beetle
Calopteron terminale
A net-winged beetle with orange elytra that become black at the tips, common in eastern North American forests. It forms...
Epomis Ground Beetle
Epomis dejeani
A beetle whose larvae lure and devour frogs — a rare case of predator-prey role reversal. The larva waggles its antennae...
European Glow-Worm Click Beetle
Phosphaenus hemipterus
A small European firefly with reduced wings in the male and completely wingless females. Both sexes produce faint biolum...
European Large Firefly
Lamprohiza splendidula
A central European firefly whose males produce a continuous greenish glow while flying. Its predatory larvae spend up to...
European Trechus Cave Beetle
Trechus quadristriatus
A small, pale brown ground beetle with four prominent striae on each elytron. Despite belonging to a subfamily with many...
Femme Fatale Firefly
Photuris versicolor
A predatory firefly that mimics the flash patterns of other species to lure males as prey. Females are aggressive hunter...
Fen Rove Beetle
Stenus providus
A tiny rove beetle of wetland margins with exceptionally large eyes for a beetle its size. Uses a retractable sticky lab...
Festive Tiger Beetle
Cicindela scutellaris
A small brilliantly colored tiger beetle varying from deep purple to bright green depending on the subspecies. It runs a...
Firefly
Photinus pyralis
Famous for bioluminescent signals produced by a chemical reaction in their abdomen. Each species has a unique flash patt...
Florida Predatory Firefly
Photuris frontalis
A large predatory firefly found in the southeastern United States that exhibits synchronous flashing behavior. Males pro...
Flower Chafer
Oxythyrea funesta
A small black flower beetle dotted with white spots, widespread across southern Europe and North Africa. It can be found...
Flower Rove Beetle
Eusphalerum luteum
A small, yellowish omaline rove beetle that is unusual among staphylinids for being a regular flower visitor. It feeds o...
Forest Caterpillar Hunter
Calosoma sycophanta
A large, brilliant metallic green and gold ground beetle that climbs trees to hunt caterpillars. It was introduced to No...
Four-Spotted Carrion Beetle
Dendroxena quadrimaculata
A yellowish-brown beetle with four dark spots on its elytra, unusual for a silphid because it hunts in trees rather than...
Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
A small yellow and black ladybird with a distinctive checkerboard pattern of rectangular black spots. It is an effective...
Fungus Rove Beetle
Lordithon thoracicus
A colorful rove beetle of the Tachyporinae with a reddish-orange pronotum and dark elytra, typically found on bracket fu...
Giant Amazonian Ground Beetle
Calosoma alternans
A large Neotropical caterpillar hunter with dark elytra bearing rows of metallic pits. It is an important natural enemy ...
Giant Black Water Beetle
Hydrophilus triangularis
The largest water beetle in North America, with a shiny black oval body. Larvae are voracious predators while adults are...
Giant Robber Firefly
Photuris lucicrescens
A large predatory firefly from eastern North America that mimics the flash patterns of Photinus species. Females lure Ph...
Giant Scarites
Scarites gigas
One of the largest burrowing ground beetles, entirely shiny black with a massive head and powerful toothed mandibles. It...
Globular Ant-loving Beetle
Chennium bituberculatum
A small, rounded pselaphine rove beetle with a glossy chestnut-brown body and two prominent tubercles on the pronotum. I...
Gold-and-Brown Rove Beetle
Ontholestes tessellatus
A large rove beetle covered in a mosaic of golden and dark brown hairs. It frequents dung and carrion where it preys on ...
Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus auratus
A large, brilliant metallic green or golden ground beetle with ridged elytra. It is a voracious predator of slugs and ca...
Golden Net Ground Beetle
Carabus auratus festivus
A subspecies of the golden ground beetle with particularly vivid metallic green and gold coloring and prominent elytral ...
Golden Net-Winged Beetle
Dictyoptera aurora
A soft-bodied beetle with bright orange-red elytra featuring a network of raised veins. It is toxic and uses bright colo...
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn
Agapanthia villosoviridescens
A longhorn beetle covered in golden-green hairs found in European meadows. Larvae develop inside the stems of thistles a...
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus
A familiar autumn beetle of eastern North America, commonly seen in large numbers on goldenrod flowers. Its yellow-and-b...
Green Mangrove Tiger Beetle
Myriochila mastersi
A metallic green tiger beetle that inhabits mangrove mud flats and tidal zones along the northern Australian coast. It i...
Green Protea Beetle
Smaragdesthes oertzeni
A small but brilliantly metallic green beetle found in Central African forests. It is a frequent visitor to flowering tr...
Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris
A fast-running, metallic green beetle with cream-colored spots. It is a fierce predator that chases down prey on bare gr...
Greenland Ground Beetle
Patrobus septentrionis
A dark brown to black ground beetle with long legs and a narrowly oval body. It is common under stones and moss in damp ...
Habu's Ground Beetle
Carabus dehaanii
A large Japanese ground beetle with deeply sculptured elytra and striking blue-violet metallic coloring. It is widesprea...
Hairy Rove Beetle
Creophilus maxillosus
A stocky rove beetle with distinctive patches of golden-grey hair on its elytra. It is commonly found on carrion where i...
Hairy Sexton Rove Beetle
Velleius dilatatus
A large, broad rove beetle with flattened expanded elytra, uniquely associated with European hornet nests. It is one of ...
Haldeman's Tumbling Flower Beetle
Mordella haldemani
A small black tumbling flower beetle found in eastern North America. It is commonly seen on composite flowers in summer ...
Harpalus Seed-eating Ground Beetle
Harpalus rufipes
A common Palearctic ground beetle with pubescent elytra and orange-red legs. Despite being partly granivorous, it also p...
Huia Ground Beetle
Mecodema huia
A large, flightless ground beetle endemic to New Zealand with a heavily sculptured dark body. It is named after the exti...
Iberian Glow-Worm
Lampyris iberica
A glow-worm firefly found in Spain and Portugal with wingless, luminous females. It inhabits Mediterranean scrublands an...
Icelandic Water Beetle
Agabus bipustulatus
A medium-sized, oval, dark brown diving beetle found in cold ponds and lakes. It carries a silvery air bubble under its ...
Indian Blister Beetle
Mylabris pustulata
A striking beetle with black elytra marked with bright red or orange bands and spots. It produces cantharidin, a powerfu...
Indian Firefly
Luciola praeusta
A common firefly across South and Southeast Asia known for its bright flashing displays. Its larvae are ground-dwelling ...
Indian Rose Chafer
Oxycetonia versicolor
A compact, shiny beetle with variable coloring ranging from metallic green to dark bronze. Adults are frequently found n...
Indian Tiger Beetle
Cicindela aurulenta
A brilliantly metallic green tiger beetle with coppery-red margins on the elytra. It is an agile predator that runs swif...
Japanese Blister Beetle
Epicauta gorhami
A black and orange striped blister beetle found in Japan and Korea. Known as 'tsuchi-hanmyo.' Contains cantharidin, a bl...
Japanese Damaster Ground Beetle
Damaster blaptoides
A remarkably elongated Japanese ground beetle with an extremely narrow body and extended neck region. It has evolved thi...
Jet Beetle
Stenus comma
A tiny, goggle-eyed rove beetle that hunts with a remarkable extendable labium tipped with adhesive pads. It can also sk...
Large Asian Firefly
Lamprigera tenebrosus
A very large Asian firefly with dark brown elytra and a broad body. The larviform females are among the largest biolumin...
Large Gold Rove Beetle
Staphylinus caesareus
A large and handsome rove beetle with golden pubescence on its thorax and bright orange abdominal bands. It is an aggres...
Large Tropical Rove Beetle
Hesperus rufipennis
A large, impressive tropical rove beetle with red elytra and a black head and pronotum. It is one of the larger staphyli...
Leatherback Ground Beetle
Carabus coriaceus
The largest European ground beetle, entirely matte black with heavily wrinkled elytra. It is a powerful nocturnal hunter...
Lebia Greenhead
Lebia viridis
A small, brightly colored ground beetle with a metallic green head and pronotum and reddish-brown elytra. Its larvae are...
Lined Flat Bark Ground Beetle
Platynus decentis
A medium-sized, flattened ground beetle with a sleek black body and fine striations on its elytra. It is commonly found ...
Locust Borer
Megacyllene robiniae
A striking yellow-and-black wasp mimic that attacks black locust trees in North America. Adults appear in autumn and are...
Loricera Bristly Ground Beetle
Loricera pilicornis
A small, distinctive ground beetle with uniquely modified antennae bearing long bristles. These bristle-fringed antennae...
Luminous Beetle of Ulu Selangor
Pteroptyx similis
A tiny synchronous firefly found along rivers in Malaysia. Males congregate by the hundreds in berembang trees along tid...
Madeiran Ground Beetle
Carabus lundbladi
A large, black, flightless ground beetle endemic to the island of Madeira. It inhabits the ancient laurel forests that a...
Malagasy Aquatic Beetle
Hydrophilus madagascariensis
A large, shiny black aquatic beetle with a streamlined oval body. It carries a bubble of air beneath its body for underw...
Malagasy Firefly
Luciola madagascariensis
A soft-bodied beetle with a yellowish pronotum and dark elytra, producing a steady green bioluminescent glow from its ab...
Malagasy Ground Beetle
Graphipterus multiguttatus
A strikingly patterned ground beetle with a flattened body covered in black and white spots. It is a fast runner that hu...
Malagasy Tiger Beetle
Pogonostoma elegans
A brilliantly colored tiger beetle endemic to Madagascar with metallic green, blue, or purple elytra. It is a fast, agil...
Malaysian Firefly
Pteroptyx valida
A synchronous firefly of Malaysian rivers that creates spectacular congregation displays. It is a key species for firefl...
Margined Leatherwing
Chauliognathus marginatus
An early-summer soldier beetle found across eastern North America with yellow elytra edged in dark margins. It visits a ...
Marshalli Flower Beetle
Smaragdesthes africana
A small brilliant green flower chafer commonly found on flowers in open woodland. It is an important pollinator of savan...
Mediterranean Drilus
Drilus mauritanicus
A North African drilus beetle with small winged males bearing brown elytra and pectinate antennae. The larviform females...
Mexican Firefly
Photinus mexicanus
A medium-sized firefly from Mexico and Central America with a dark body and yellowish-red pronotum. It produces a yellow...
Mole-nest Rove Beetle
Quedius mesomelinus
A medium-sized, dark rove beetle commonly found in caves, cellars, and the nests of burrowing mammals. It is one of the ...
Monkey Beetle
Hopliini scolioides
A hairy scarab beetle that pollinates flowers in South African fynbos....
Mountain Flower Rove Beetle
Eusphalerum alpinum
A small, dark omaline rove beetle adapted to alpine environments, where it visits flowers above the treeline. It is one ...
Mountain Ladybird
Coccinella quinquepunctata
A five-spotted ladybird commonly found in alpine meadows and mountain pastures. It is an active predator of aphids on al...
Mountain Leaf Beetle
Oreina cacaliae
A brightly colored leaf beetle found on alpine plants like Adenostyles. Its metallic blue-green body warns predators of ...
Musk Beetle
Aromia moschata
A large, metallic green or coppery longhorn beetle that emits a rose-like musk scent. Larvae develop inside old willow t...
Nairobi Eye Beetle
Paederus sabaeus
A small, brightly colored rove beetle with an orange and black body that produces pederin, a potent blistering toxin. Ou...
Narrow-mouth Ground Beetle
Abax parallelepipedus
A large, shiny black ground beetle with a distinctive parallel-sided body shape. It is one of the most common large cara...
Nebroides Ground Beetle
Carabus problematicus
A common black ground beetle of northern European heathlands and moorlands. It is an active nocturnal predator with ridg...
Neotropical Firefly
Aspisoma lineatum
A soft-bodied beetle producing a continuous greenish glow from its abdominal lantern organs. It is common in South Ameri...
Neotropical Tiger Beetle
Pseudoxycheila tarsalis
A fast-running predatory beetle with metallic blue-green elytra and large sickle-shaped mandibles. It actively hunts sma...
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 amber glow rather than a...
New Zealand Rove Beetle
Quedius antipodus
A medium-sized, shiny dark rove beetle native to New Zealand's native forests. It is one of the most commonly encountere...
New Zealand Sand Scarab
Pericoptus truncatus
A large flightless scarab beetle endemic to sandy coastal habitats in New Zealand. It is nocturnal and burrows in sand d...
New Zealand Tiger Beetle
Neocicindela tuberculata
An endemic tiger beetle found on sandy and clay soils throughout New Zealand. It is an active visual predator that runs ...
Night-Stalking Tiger Beetle
Omus dejeanii
A flightless nocturnal tiger beetle from western North America with a matte black body. Unlike its diurnal relatives, it...
Noble Chafer
Gnorimus nobilis
A scarce metallic green beetle with small white flecks on the elytra. It is associated with old orchards and ancient fru...
Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle
Habroscelimorpha dorsalis dorsalis
A tiger beetle of Atlantic coast beaches from New England to Virginia. It nests in sandy beach habitat that is increasin...
Northern Cave Ground Beetle
Pseudanophthalmus menetriesi
A small, blind, unpigmented cave beetle from the limestone caves of the Appalachian region. The genus contains over 250 ...
Northern Ground Beetle
Pelophila borealis
A medium-sized, dark metallic green or bronze ground beetle with long legs. It is an active predator on riverbanks and l...
Northern Taiga Ground Beetle
Pterostichus adstrictus
A medium-sized black ground beetle common across the boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of the most ab...
Notched-mouth Ground Beetle
Dicheirus dilatatus
A large southern African ground beetle with powerful mandibles and a robust body. It is a formidable predator found in s...
Obtuse Rove Beetle
Tachyporus obtusus
A tiny, boat-shaped rove beetle with a yellow-brown pronotum and darker elytra. It is common in grasslands and meadows w...
Ohlone Tiger Beetle
Cicindela ohlone
One of the rarest tiger beetles in North America, known from only a handful of coastal terrace grassland sites near Sant...
Osumi Ground Beetle
Carabus osumensis
An endemic ground beetle from the Osumi Peninsula in southern Kyushu, Japan. Features a beautiful metallic green-gold co...
Pacific Seashore Rove Beetle
Cafius canescens
A small, grayish-pubescent rove beetle found along the Pacific coast of the Americas under kelp and seaweed deposits. It...
Pale Click Beetle
Agrypnus murinus
A distinctive European click beetle covered in a mosaic pattern of grey and brown scales giving it excellent camouflage ...
Panamanian Giant Ground Beetle
Calosoma granulatum
A large South American caterpillar hunter with coarsely sculptured dark elytra and metallic reflections. It is an import...