Beetles
Order Coleoptera
1299 speciesThe 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
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...
Brown-winged Rove Beetle
Tasgius ater
A large, uniformly dark rove beetle with subtly brownish elytra, closely related to Tasgius melanari...
Budding Purpuricenus
Purpuricenus budensis
A colorful cerambycid with a red pronotum adorned with two black spots and entirely black elytra. It...
Cabbage Seed Weevil
Ceutorhynchus obstrictus
A small grey weevil that is a major pest of oilseed rape. Larvae feed inside seed pods, consuming de...
Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle
Psylliodes chrysocephala
A dark metallic flea beetle that is a major pest of oilseed rape across Europe. Larvae mine inside p...
Cabbage Stem Weevil
Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
A grey weevil that mines inside brassica stems. Larvae tunnel through stems causing weakening. One o...
California Root Borer
Prionus californicus
A massive prionine beetle found in western North America, one of the largest beetles in the region. ...
Calligrapha Beetle
Calligrapha multipunctata
An elegantly patterned beetle with cream-white elytra covered in intricate dark brown calligraphic m...
Cameroon Stag Beetle
Prosopocoilus camerunensis
A medium-sized African stag beetle with dark brown body and long, curved mandibles bearing multiple ...
Canary Islands Darkling Beetle
Pimelia laevigata
A rounded, shiny black darkling beetle endemic to the Canary Islands. It is commonly seen walking ac...
Canary Islands Ground Beetle
Calathus amplius
A flightless ground beetle endemic to the Canary Islands. It lives under stones and in leaf litter i...
Canary Islands Tiger Beetle
Cicindela lunulata
A fast-running predatory beetle found on the Canary Islands with metallic green coloring. It hunts o...
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...
Cardinal Beetle
Pyrochroa coccinea
A striking flat beetle with a bright scarlet body and large black eyes. Larvae are predators under b...
Cardo Longhorn
Agapanthia cardui
A strikingly patterned longhorn with alternating bands of grey and dark pubescence on the elytra. It...
Caribbean Calligrapha Beetle
Calligrapha cubana
A leaf beetle found in Cuba with intricate dark patterns on a pale background. Each individual has a...
Caribbean Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules hercules
The nominate subspecies of the Hercules beetle, found in the Lesser Antilles. Males bear an enormous...
Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha carolina
A large nocturnal tiger beetle with dark metallic green elytra and a bright green thorax. It is most...
Carpathian Alpine Beetle
Nebria reitteri
An endemic alpine ground beetle of the Carpathian Mountains. It is a cold-specialist predator found ...
Carpet Beetle
Attagenus pellio
A small dark beetle with a single white spot on each elytron. Larvae damage woolen textiles and natu...
Case-bearing Leaf Beetle
Cryptocephalus sericeus
A brilliant metallic green to golden beetle with a cylindrical body shape typical of case-bearing ch...
Caucasus Beetle
Chalcosoma chiron
A massive three-horned rhinoceros beetle with a metallic greenish-black body. It is the largest of t...
Caucasus Ground Beetle
Carabus caucasicus
A large, robust ground beetle from the Caucasus Mountains with deeply sculptured black elytra and a ...
Cave Rove Beetle
Leptotyphlus mirabilis
A minute, eyeless, depigmented rove beetle adapted to life in deep soil and cave environments. Its b...
Cedar Beetle
Sandalus niger
A parasitoid beetle whose larvae feed on cicada nymphs underground....
Celebes Longhorn
Batocera celebiana
A large cerambycid endemic to the island of Sulawesi with olive-grey elytra bearing scattered pale s...
Centaurus Beetle
Augosoma centaurus
The largest rhinoceros beetle in Africa with two prominent horns. Adults have a glossy reddish-brown...
Central American Glowworm Beetle
Phengodes hidalgoensis
A Mexican glowworm beetle with males possessing large feathery antennae and short elytra. The larvif...
Cereal Leaf Beetle
Oulema melanopus
A small beetle with metallic blue-black elytra and a red-orange thorax. Its larvae strip the upper l...
Chalcolepidius Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius limbatus
A large, robust click beetle covered in dense scales giving it a velvety appearance. Found in tropic...
Checkered Beetle
Trichodes apiarius
A brightly colored red and blue beetle often found on flowers. Its larvae are parasites of solitary ...
Cherry Blossom Weevil
Anthonomus rectirostris
A small weevil that feeds on cherry blossoms in Japan, emerging in spring to coincide with sakura se...
Chilean Stag Beetle
Chiasognathus granti
A spectacular stag beetle with extremely long curved mandibles and metallic green coloration. Found ...
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 Giant Tiger Beetle
Chaetodera laetescripta
A large tiger beetle from subtropical China with elaborate cream-colored markings on dark elytra. It...
Chinese Golden Ground Beetle
Carabus elysii
A stunning Chinese ground beetle with brilliant golden-green elytra and deep blue pronotum. It is fo...
Chinese Ground Beetle
Carabus lafossei
A striking ground beetle with deeply sculpted elytra and purple-bronze colouring. It inhabits mounta...
Chinese Rhagophthalmid Glowworm
Rhagophthalmus lufengensis
A bioluminescent beetle from southern China with larviform females that emit a steady greenish glow ...
Chinese Rose Beetle
Adoretus sinicus
A small nocturnal scarab that is a major agricultural pest in Hawaii. It skeletonizes the leaves of ...
Chinese Terrestrial Glowworm Firefly
Pyrocoelia pectoralis
A large firefly with dark brown elytra and a bright reddish pronotum. Females are wingless and produ...
Chinese Water Penny Beetle
Eubrianax pellucidus
A water penny beetle found in southern China whose translucent larval margins allow gas exchange wit...
Chrysomelid Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina staphylaea
A small, strongly convex beetle with dark reddish-brown to almost black coloration and a smooth, shi...
Chrysomeline Rove Beetle
Tachyporus chrysomelinus
A small, elegantly shaped rove beetle with a distinctly pointed abdomen and yellowish-brown colorati...
Churchyard Beetle
Blaps mucronata
A large, slow-moving, flightless black beetle often found in cellars and old buildings. It emits a f...
Cicatricosus Scarab
Scarabaeus cicatricosus
A medium-sized dark roller with a rough, pitted exoskeleton that gives it a scarred appearance. It i...
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...
Claudius Ground Beetle
Carabus clathratus
A large bronze or coppery-black ground beetle with distinctive chain-like patterning on its elytra f...
Clavigerite Ant Beetle
Claviger testaceus
A tiny, blind, wingless rove beetle that is an obligate guest of Lasius ant colonies. It has lost it...
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...
Cliff Tiger Beetle
Cicindela germanica
A small, dark green tiger beetle with faint pale markings found on exposed clay and chalk slopes. It...
Clock Ground Beetle
Amara aenea
A small, bronze-colored ground beetle extremely common across the Palearctic region. It is a mixed f...
Clouded Rove Beetle
Staphylinus nebulosis
A large European rove beetle with a cloudy gray-brown pubescence pattern and powerful jaws. It is a ...
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...
Clover Root Weevil
Sitona obsoletus
A small, grey-brown weevil that feeds on clover roots and nitrogen-fixing nodules. It became a major...
Clover Seed Weevil
Tychius picirostris
A small, densely scaled weevil that feeds on clover seeds. Larvae develop inside individual seed pod...
Clown Beetle
Hister unicolor
A small, shiny black beetle with a compact, rounded body. It is a predator of fly larvae found in du...
Coastal Rove Beetle
Cafius xantholoma
A medium-sized rove beetle with yellowish elytral margins, highly adapted to life on seashores. It l...
Cobalt Blue Longhorn
Pseudomyagrus waterhousei
A vivid metallic blue longhorn beetle native to Australia. It breeds in the wood of wattle trees....
Cobalt Milkweed Beetle
Chrysochus cobaltinus auratus
A subspecies of the cobalt blue milkweed beetle with slightly more golden-green coloring....
Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha
A large, clumsy-flying chafer beetle that emerges en masse on warm May evenings. Its white C-shaped ...
Coconut Hispine Beetle
Brontispa longissima
An elongate, flattened beetle with a dark head and thorax and paler brown elytra. It is a serious pe...
Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes rhinoceros
A major pest of coconut palms across tropical Asia with a single prominent horn. Adults bore into th...
Coffee Berry Borer
Hypothenemus hampei
A tiny, dark brown beetle that bores into coffee berries and is the most damaging pest of coffee wor...
Coffee Longhorn
Xylotrechus quadripes
A significant pest of arabica coffee in South and Southeast Asia, with zigzag yellow markings on dar...
Colorado Flower Longhorn
Brachyleptura champlaini
A slender, black and yellow flower-visiting longhorn beetle. Larvae develop in decaying hardwood log...
Colorado Leaf Beetle
Leptinotarsa juncta
A close relative of the Colorado potato beetle with similar striped elytra but alternating dark and ...
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...
Colorado Three-lined Leaf Beetle
Lema trivittata
A small, elongated beetle with an orange-yellow body and three dark longitudinal stripes on the elyt...
Columbia Tiger Beetle
Cicindela columbica
A rare tiger beetle known from sandy riverbanks in the Pacific Northwest. It is an agile predator th...
Colymbetes Diving Beetle
Colymbetes fuscus
A medium-sized diving beetle with finely lined yellowish-brown elytra found across Europe. It inhabi...
Common Agonum
Agonum muelleri
A sleek, metallic greenish-bronze ground beetle with a smooth, oval body. It is one of the most comm...
Common Aleocharine
Atheta coriaria
A tiny, dark brown aleocharine rove beetle now commercially sold as a biological control agent. It i...
Common Anchomenus
Anchomenus dorsalis
A small, elegant ground beetle with metallic green elytra, a reddish-brown head, and pale legs. It i...
Common Bembidion
Bembidion lampros
A tiny, metallic bronze ground beetle that is one of the most abundant carabids in European farmland...
Common Black Ground Beetle
Pterostichus melanarius
One of the most abundant ground beetles in European farmland and gardens. It is a generalist predato...
Common Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus vespillo
A large orange-and-black beetle that buries small animal carcasses for its larvae. Uses chemical cue...
Common Christmas Beetle
Anoplognathus pallidicollis
A glossy golden-brown scarab beetle that swarms around lights during the Australian summer. It is th...
Common Click Beetle
Agriotes sputator
A small, uniformly brown click beetle that is one of the most common wireworm pests in European agri...
Common False Blister Beetle
Oedemera lurida
A small olive-green or brownish beetle found commonly on flowers across Europe. Unlike the related O...
Common Furniture Beetle
Anobium punctatum
The most common cause of woodworm damage in buildings across Europe. Larvae bore through softwood an...
Common Pollen Beetle
Brassicogethes aeneus
A tiny iridescent green-black beetle that congregates in yellow flowers to feed on pollen. It is a m...
Common Red Rove Beetle
Staphylinus erythropterus
A large rove beetle with reddish-brown elytra and a velvety black body. It is a fast-running predato...
Common Spotted Ladybird
Harmonia conformis
Australia's most common native ladybird, with a variable orange body covered in numerous black spots...
Common Sun Beetle
Elaphrus cupreus
A small, brilliantly metallic copper-green beetle with distinctive eye-like pits on its elytra. It r...
Common Water Penny
Psephenus herricki
A small aquatic beetle whose larvae are flattened and round like a copper penny, clinging to rocks i...
Comoros Islands Fruit Beetle
Goliathus goliatus comorensis
A large fruit chafer beetle found in the Comoros Islands of the Indian Ocean. Adults visit flowering...
Compost Rove Beetle
Oxytelus laqueatus
A small, broad oxytelline rove beetle with a distinctively sculptured pronotum bearing deep grooves....
Confused Flour Beetle
Tribolium confusum
A small reddish-brown beetle nearly identical to the red flour beetle, hence the 'confused' name. It...
Congo Giant Ground Beetle
Anthia duodecimguttata
A massive black ground beetle with twelve white spots on its elytra, found across sub-Saharan Africa...
Congo Jewel Beetle
Sternocera castanea
A large, brilliantly metallic jewel beetle with copper and green iridescent elytra. Adults are found...
Conifer Rove Beetle
Quedius plagiatus
A medium-sized, dark rove beetle strongly associated with coniferous bark and dead wood. It is an im...
Convergent Lady Beetle
Hippodamia convergens
A North American ladybird with orange-red elytra and up to 13 black spots. It is the most commonly s...
Coppered White-spotted Flower Chafer
Protaetia cuprea
A coppery-bronze chafer beetle with small white spots scattered across its elytra. It feeds in large...
Coppery Chlaenius
Chlaenius cumatilis
A medium-sized ground beetle with brilliant metallic blue-green coloring and fine pubescence coverin...
Coppery Tunneler
Onthophagus ferox
A small, coppery-brown tunneling dung beetle native to Africa, now established in Australia. Males h...