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
Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle
Cicindela albissima
A nearly white tiger beetle perfectly camouflaged against the pink-white sand dunes of its sole habi...
Corn Flea Beetle
Chaetocnema pulicaria
A very small, shiny black to bronze flea beetle with a compact, oval body. It vectors Stewart's wilt...
Coronated Jewel Beetle
Stigmodera coronata
A recently described jewel beetle from southwestern Western Australia with striking metallic colors....
Corsican Stag Beetle
Lucanus tetraodon
A large stag beetle found in Corsica, Sardinia, and parts of Italy. Males have impressive mandibles ...
Costa Rican Firefly
Aspisoma ignitum
A neotropical firefly with a dark body and reddish pronotum bearing a median dark stripe. It produce...
Cottonwood Borer
Plectrodera scalator
A large longhorn beetle with bold black and white patterning and long antennae. Its larvae bore into...
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela scripta
A variable beetle with pale yellow elytra marked with dark elongated spots and streaks. It is a comm...
Cottonwood Stag Beetle
Lucanus mazama
A medium-sized North American stag beetle found near river bottoms. Males have moderately large mand...
Cowpea Weevil
Callosobruchus maculatus
A small, reddish-brown to dark beetle with mottled elytra and a prominent pygidium bearing two dark ...
Crawling Water Beetle
Haliplus ruficollis
A tiny, oval water beetle with a yellowish body covered in rows of dark punctures. Unlike diving bee...
Cream-Streaked Ladybird
Harmonia quadripunctata
A European ladybird associated primarily with conifer trees. It has cream or pale yellow elytra with...
Creek Pacer Ground Beetle
Chlaenius tricolor
A handsome ground beetle with bright metallic green elytra, a bluish pronotum, and reddish-brown leg...
Crimson Saltflat Tiger Beetle
Cicindela theatina
A rare tiger beetle endemic to the salt flats of southern Colorado. It has a distinctive dark reddis...
Cromwell Chafer Beetle
Prodontria lewisii
A small chafer beetle endemic to a tiny area near Cromwell in Central Otago, New Zealand. Adults are...
Crucifer Flea Beetle
Phyllotreta cruciferae
A shiny black jumping beetle that causes shothole damage on canola and mustard seedlings. It is one ...
Cuban Green Anole Click Beetle
Alaus myops
A large click beetle found in Cuba and the Caribbean with prominent false eyespots. It can launch it...
Cuban Green June Beetle
Cotinis mutabilis
A large metallic green scarab beetle found in Cuba and the Caribbean. It is a clumsy but powerful fl...
Cylindrical Bark Hister
Teretrius fabricii
A tiny, cylindrical hister beetle that lives under bark of dead trees. Its elongated shape allows it...
Daffodil Aphodius
Aphodius fossor
A large, entirely shiny black dweller dung beetle with a convex, robust body. Despite being classifi...
Dahlia Longhorn
Agapanthia dahli
A medium-sized longhorn with dense olive-green pubescence and a prominent yellow dorsal stripe on th...
Daimyo Oak Longhorn
Mesosa myops
A mottled grey-brown longhorn beetle that blends perfectly with tree bark. Its larvae feed within th...
Daimyo Oak Stag Beetle
Dorcus curvidens
Known as 'daimyo-o-kuwagata,' a large stag beetle found in Japan and Korea. Males have impressively ...
Dark Rove Beetle
Tachyporus nitidulus
A small, shiny dark brown rove beetle with a characteristic boat-shaped body. It is incredibly numer...
Dark Soldier Beetle
Cantharis obscura
A dark-colored European soldier beetle often found on umbelliferous flowers. Its entirely dark elytr...
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 Dung Beetle
Deltochilum orbiculare
A matte black roller dung beetle with a rounded body and distinctively flattened outer edges of the ...
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...
Dermestid Beetle
Dermestes maculatus
A small dark beetle with white undersides used by museums and taxidermists to clean skeletons. Larva...
Desert Blister Beetle
Epicauta puncticollis
A soft-bodied beetle that produces cantharidin, a blistering toxin, in its hemolymph. It feeds on de...
Desert Longhorn Beetle
Crossidius hirtipes
A hairy, brightly marked longhorn beetle of the American Southwest. Adults visit desert wildflowers ...
Desert Sand Beetle
Erodius carinatus
A small, round, heavily armored darkling beetle of North African sandy deserts. It burrows into sand...
Desert Spider Beetle
Cysteodemus armatus
A bizarre inflated blister beetle with a bulbous, metallic blue-black abdomen. It waddles slowly thr...
Desert Tiger Beetle
Cicindela hemorrhagica
A bright red and green tiger beetle that hunts along the edges of desert streams and alkaline flats....
Desert Weevil
Brachycerus ornatus
A robust, intricately sculptured weevil found in arid southern African habitats. Its fused wing cove...
Devil's Coach Horse
Ocypus olens
A large, matt-black rove beetle that raises its tail like a scorpion when threatened. It has powerfu...
Diamondback Eumolpid
Colaspis brunnea
A small, oblong beetle with a pale brown to yellowish body and rows of punctures on the elytra. Larv...
Dichotomius Dung Beetle
Dichotomius carolinus
A large, robust black tunneling dung beetle with a distinctive bifurcate (forked) horn in males. Fem...
Digitonthophagus Dung Beetle
Digitonthophagus gazella
A small to medium, tan to brown tunneling dung beetle originally from Africa, now among the most wid...
Dimple-back Ground Beetle
Elaphrus riparius
A small, fast-running beetle with distinctive cup-shaped depressions on its elytra that create a dim...
Dinaric Cave Diving Beetle
Spelaeodytes mirabilis
A remarkable cave ground beetle from the Dinaric karst, with spider-like elongated legs. It was firs...
Dinodes Ground Beetle
Dinodes decipiens
A rare cave-dwelling ground beetle from the Balkans with reduced eyes and elongated appendages. It r...
Dionysius Beetle
Golofa porteri
A striking rhinoceros beetle with an extremely long, slender head horn. Males joust by interlocking ...
Diving Beetle
Dytiscus marginalis
A large, streamlined aquatic beetle with an olive-green body bordered in yellow. It carries an air b...
Dock Leaf Weevil
Rhinoncus pericarpius
A small grey-brown weevil found on dock and sorrel plants. Larvae mine inside dock stems. One of sev...
Dogbane Beetle
Chrysochus auratus
An iridescent beetle displaying blue, green, copper, and crimson colors. It feeds on toxic dogbane p...
Dor Rove Beetle
Ontholestes murinus
A large, mottled gray and brown rove beetle commonly found on dung and carrion. Its speckled pattern...
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. ...
Dromedary Tiger Beetle
Dromica kolbei
A large flightless tiger beetle with elongated legs and a matte black body. Females are larger than ...
Drugstore Beetle
Stegobium paniceum
A stored product pest once found infesting pharmaceutical herb collections....
Dry Fork Valley Cave Beetle
Pseudanophthalmus montanus
A cave-obligate beetle from the Dry Fork Valley region of West Virginia. Like all members of its gen...
Dune Rove Beetle
Bledius furcatus
A small, burrowing oxytelline rove beetle specialized for life in coastal sand dunes. Males have dis...
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....
Dung-loving Rove Beetle
Philonthus marginatus
A medium-sized, shiny black rove beetle with distinctly margined elytra found commonly in dung and c...
Dusky Click Beetle
Agriotes obscurus
A dull dark brown click beetle with dense pubescence and subtle elytral striations. The larvae are s...
East African Oil Beetle
Meloe angusticollis
A large, dark blue-black beetle with a soft, swollen abdomen and short wing covers. It oozes oily or...
East Asian Pheropsophus Bombardier
Pheropsophus jessoensis
A large Asian bombardier beetle with an orange head and pronotum and dark blue-black elytra. It is t...
Eastern Bombardier Beetle
Brachinus explodens
A bombardier beetle widespread across central and eastern Europe. It hunts small soil invertebrates ...
Eastern Clytus
Clytus planifrons
A wasp-mimicking cerambycid found in the deciduous forests of eastern North America with bold yellow...
Eastern Forest Dung Beetle
Onthophagus hecate
A small, dark brown to black tunneling dung beetle common in eastern North American forests. Males h...
Eastern Hercules Beetle
Dynastes tityus
The largest beetle in North America, with males bearing a large pronotal horn. Elytra are greenish-y...
Eastern Hercules Flower Beetle
Mecynorrhina polyphemus
A large African flower beetle with variable coloration from green to brown. Males have a short forke...
Eggplant Flea Beetle
Epitrix fuscula
A small dark beetle that creates dense shothole feeding damage on eggplant and potato leaves. Heavy ...
Eight-spotted Jewel Beetle
Castiarina octospilota
A compact jewel beetle with eight distinctive pale spots arranged on dark metallic elytra. It is an ...
Eight-spotted Tiger Beetle
Cicindela octogramma
A dark bronze tiger beetle bearing eight distinct pale spots on its elytra. It is a fast-moving pred...
Elderberry Borer
Desmocerus palliatus
A striking longhorn beetle with cobalt blue wing covers and a bright yellow-orange base. Its larvae ...
Elegant Stag Beetle
Odontolabis elegans
A large Southeast Asian stag beetle with smooth, curved mandibles. Males show dramatic polymorphism ...
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 Bark Beetle
Scolytus multistriatus
A small bark beetle that is the primary vector of Dutch elm disease in North America. It creates dis...
Elm Leaf Beetle
Xanthogaleruca luteola
A yellowish-green beetle with dark stripes along its elytra. Both adults and larvae feed on elm leav...
Elongate Leaf Beetle
Oreina elongata
A slender metallic beetle that feeds on alpine dock and sorrel. It is found in moist mountain meadow...
Elongate Paederine
Lathrobium elongatum
A very slender, reddish-brown paederine rove beetle that lives deep within waterlogged soils near st...
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
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 ...
Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle
Paropsis charybdis
A pale yellowish-brown beetle with dark spots on the elytra and a characteristic domed tortoise-like...
Euphorbia Flea Beetle
Aphthona euphorbiae
A tiny bronze flea beetle that feeds on spurge plants. Used as a highly effective biological control...
European Ash Bark Beetle
Hylesinus varius
A bark beetle that colonizes ash trees across Europe. It creates star-shaped brood galleries radiati...
European Flower Beetle
Tropinota hirta
A hairy black beetle with scattered white spots that feeds deep inside flowers. It is an important p...
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 Ground Beetle
Carabus nemoralis
A common bronze-colored ground beetle that thrives in forests and gardens across Europe. It has beco...
European Large Firefly
Lamprohiza splendidula
A central European firefly whose males produce a continuous greenish glow while flying. Its predator...
European Powderpost Beetle
Lyctus linearis
A common European powderpost beetle that infests dry hardwood. It is a significant pest of stored ti...
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...
European Seedcorn Ground Beetle
Zabrus tenebrioides
An unusual ground beetle that is herbivorous as an adult, feeding on cereal crops. Larvae are predat...
European Spruce Bark Beetle
Ips typographus
A major pest of spruce forests across Europe and Asia. Adults bore through bark to create characteri...
European Spruce Longhorn Beetle
Tetropium castaneum
A longhorn beetle native to Europe that bores into spruce trunks. It typically colonizes weakened or...
European Trechus Cave Beetle
Trechus quadristriatus
A small, pale brown ground beetle with four prominent striae on each elytron. Despite belonging to a...