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
Euthalia Flower Beetle
Eudicella euthalia
A beautifully iridescent flower beetle with emerald green elytra and yellow-orange head markings. It...
Excavated Rove Beetle
Omalium excavatum
A small, brownish omaline rove beetle with distinctive excavations on the pronotum. It frequents dec...
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...
Femoralis Dung Beetle
Pachylomerus femoralis
The largest African roller dung beetle, with a stout black body and massively thickened hind femora....
Fen Rove Beetle
Stenus providus
A tiny rove beetle of wetland margins with exceptionally large eyes for a beetle its size. Uses a re...
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...
Fig Longhorn
Pelargoderus bipunctatus
A large African cerambycid with a yellowish-brown body and two conspicuous dark spots on the pronotu...
Figueroa's Longhorn
Taeniotes scalaris
A large Neotropical lamiin with ladder-like dark markings on pale brownish-grey elytra. Found in low...
Figwort Weevil
Cionus scrophulariae
A globular weevil with checkerboard black and white patterning found on figwort and mullein. Larvae ...
Fir Longhorn
Tetropium gabrieli
A small brown spondylidine beetle that specializes on fir trees across European mountain ranges. 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...
Flat Bark Hister Beetle
Hololepta plana
An extremely flattened, disc-like black beetle found under bark of dead trees. Its body is compresse...
Flat Oak Borer
Smodicum cucujiforme
An unusually flat, reddish-brown cerambycid that breeds under the bark of dead oaks in North America...
Flat Silphid Beetle
Silpha tristis
A flattened, all-black silphid beetle with three raised ridges on each wing case. It feeds on snails...
Flat-Headed Dung Beetle
Paragymnopleurus maurus
A medium-sized shiny black roller dung beetle with a distinctively flat clypeal margin. It is highly...
Flat-Horned Dung Beetle
Onthophagus planicornis
A small, dark tunneling dung beetle with laterally flattened horns in major males. Found in tropical...
Flattened Giant Millipede Beetle
Passalus unicornis
A large, flattened bess beetle with a shiny black body and a small horn on the head. Adults and larv...
Flavolined Longhorn
Macrodontia flavipennis
A large prionine beetle with yellowish elytra and dark veined patterns, found in the Amazon basin. I...
Flea Beetle
Altica oleracea
Tiny jumping beetles with enlarged hind femora for leaping. Named for their flea-like jumping abilit...
Fleabane Tortoise Beetle
Cassida murraea
A striking red-brown and black tortoise beetle associated with fleabane plants. Has characteristic d...
Flightless Dung Beetle
Circellium bacchus
The largest flightless dung beetle in the world, endemic to South Africa. It is now restricted to a ...
Florida Predatory Firefly
Photuris frontalis
A large predatory firefly found in the southeastern United States that exhibits synchronous flashing...
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...
Flower Rove Beetle
Eusphalerum luteum
A small, yellowish omaline rove beetle that is unusual among staphylinids for being a regular flower...
Fluted Cape Stag Beetle
Colophon primosi
A small, flightless, dark brown stag beetle restricted to a single mountain in the Cape region of So...
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 ...
Forest Roller
Canthon quinquemaculatus
A small, dark roller dung beetle with five pale spots on the elytra. Found in South American forests...
Formosa Long-armed Scarab
Cheirotonus formosanus
A rare Taiwanese scarab with elongated forelimbs and a dark chestnut-brown body. It is found only in...
Formosa Stag Beetle
Neolucanus swinhoei
A large Taiwanese stag beetle with smooth rounded mandibles and a reddish-brown body. Found in mount...
Formosan Rosalia
Rosalia formosa
A stunning cerambycid endemic to Taiwan with turquoise-blue elytra and black markings. It inhabits m...
Four-ribbed Jewel Beetle
Polybothris quadricollis
A moderately sized jewel beetle with four distinct ridges on the pronotum, which gives it its name. ...
Four-Spotted Carrion Beetle
Dendroxena quadrimaculata
A yellowish-brown beetle with four dark spots on its elytra, unusual for a silphid because it hunts ...
Four-spotted Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus quadripunctatus
A medium-sized dung beetle with four distinctive pale spots on its dark elytra. It is one of the few...
Four-spotted Flat-face
Anoplophora macularia
A glossy black longhorn with four large white spots on its elytra, found in montane forests of centr...
Four-Spotted Hister Beetle
Hister quadrimaculatus
A glossy black hister beetle with four orange-red spots on its wing cases. It is associated with mam...
Four-spotted Rove Beetle
Drusilla canaliculata
A small, flattened aleocharine rove beetle with a distinctive channeled pronotum and brownish colora...
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...
Fringed Longhorn
Pogonocherus hispidus
A tiny lamiin covered in tufts of erect bristles that give it a shaggy appearance. Found across Euro...
Frog-legged Leaf Beetle
Sagra femorata
A large, metallic beetle with spectacular iridescent coloring ranging from deep blue to green, red, ...
Fujian Flat Stag Beetle
Dorcus montivagus
A sleek, flat-bodied stag beetle found in Japan and Korea that specializes in living under bark. Its...
Fungicola Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus fungicola
A small dung beetle with an extraordinary pair of cephalic horns in males, revealed through genomic ...
Fungus Rove Beetle
Lordithon thoracicus
A colorful rove beetle of the Tachyporinae with a reddish-orange pronotum and dark elytra, typically...
Fungus Weevil
Platyrhinus resinosus
A broad-nosed weevil with mottled brown and white patterning resembling tree bark. It is associated ...
Gaboon Ebony Longhorn Beetle
Ceroplesis militaris
A large longhorn beetle with striking black and yellow banding on its elytra. Its antennae are longe...
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 Dung Roller
Scarabaeus ambiguus
A large, robust matte black roller dung beetle found in East African grasslands. It has powerful cly...
Giant African Longhorn
Macrotoma natala
One of the largest longhorn beetles in Africa with powerful mandibles. Dark brown body with a robust...
Giant African Longhorn Beetle
Petrognatha gigas
One of Africa's largest longhorn beetles with mottled grey-brown bark-like camouflage. Its antennae ...
Giant African Prionine
Tithoes confinis
One of Africa's largest cerambycids, with powerful mandibles and a dark brown, heavily sculptured bo...
Giant Amazonian Ground Beetle
Calosoma alternans
A large Neotropical caterpillar hunter with dark elytra bearing rows of metallic pits. It is an impo...
Giant Amazonian Longhorn
Macrodontia cervicornis
One of the longest beetles in the world with enormous serrated mandibles resembling antlers. The ely...
Giant Australian Jewel Beetle
Julodimorpha bakewelli
A large, bumpy-textured jewel beetle from Australia. Males are famously attracted to discarded beer ...
Giant Bess Beetle
Passalus punctiger
A very large, robust bess beetle with a glossy black exoskeleton and strong mandibles. It creates ex...
Giant Black Water Beetle
Hydrophilus triangularis
The largest water beetle in North America, with a shiny black oval body. Larvae are voracious predat...
Giant Brazilian Longhorn
Derobrachus geminatus
A very large longhorn beetle with powerful mandibles and long, segmented antennae. The body is dark ...
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 Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus giganteus
The largest member of the endemic Helictopleurus genus, with a robust body and prominent cephalic ho...
Giant Fijian Long-horned Beetle
Xixuthrus terribilis
An extremely large longhorn beetle from Fiji, among the biggest cerambycids in the Pacific. It devel...
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 Gymnopleurus
Gymnopleurus virens
A medium-sized roller dung beetle with a coppery-green sheen and a nearly spherical body shape. It i...
Giant Jawed Longhorn
Macrodontia dejeanii
A large prionine with impressive curved mandibles from the tropical forests of South America. While ...
Giant Ladybird
Anatis ocellata
The largest European ladybird, with orange elytra bearing black spots each encircled by a pale ring....
Giant Namib Darkling Beetle
Onymacris rugatipennis
One of the largest darkling beetles in the Namib, with deeply ridged wing covers. It is active durin...
Giant Neotropical Ball Roller
Canthon aequinoctialis
A medium-sized, matte black roller dung beetle common in Central and South American forests. It is o...
Giant Palm Borer
Dinapate wrightii
One of the largest bostrichid beetles, with a cylindrical body adapted for boring into palm trunks. ...
Giant Pedunculate Ground Beetle
Anthia thoracica
A very large southern African ground beetle with bold white markings on a black body. It is one of t...
Giant Robber Firefly
Photuris lucicrescens
A large predatory firefly from eastern North America that mimics the flash patterns of Photinus spec...
Giant Scarites
Scarites gigas
One of the largest burrowing ground beetles, entirely shiny black with a massive head and powerful t...
Giant Stag Beetle
Lucanus elaphus
The largest stag beetle in North America with impressive antler-like mandibles. Males use their mand...
Giant Stag Beetle of Chile
Chiasognathus grantii
A spectacular stag beetle with enormous mandibles found in temperate Valdivian forests. Males use th...
Giant Swamp Leaf Beetle
Donacia provostii
One of the larger species of reed beetle, with a metallic golden-green to coppery body and distincti...
Giant Tropical Click Beetle
Chalcolepidius porcatus
A spectacular large click beetle covered in iridescent green or blue-green scales with deeply groove...
Gibbicollis Dung Beetle
Deltochilum gibbosum
A dark, convex roller dung beetle with a pronounced hump on the pronotum. It is a flightless species...
Gigas Dung Beetle
Heliocopris gigas
A massive glossy black tunneling dung beetle with powerful digging forelegs. Males have a broad ceph...
Gila Monster Beetle
Cysteodemus wislizeni
A round, metallic purple-blue blister beetle of the Chihuahuan Desert. It produces cantharidin as a ...
Gilded Roller
Kheper aegyptiorum
A large, metallic dark green to copper roller dung beetle found across African savannas. Males compe...
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 of New Zealand
Lasiorhynchus barbicornis
New Zealand's longest beetle, with males reaching over 80 mm in length due to their enormously elong...
Glacier Beetle
Nebria castanea
A chestnut-brown ground beetle inhabiting the edges of glaciers and permanent snowfields. It feeds o...
Glaresid Beetle
Glaresis inducta
A tiny, pale brown beetle in the enigmatic family Glaresidae within the Scarabaeoidea. It has a roun...