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
Indian Blister Beetle
Mylabris pustulata
A striking beetle with black elytra marked with bright red or orange bands and spots. It produces ca...
Indian Common Firefly
Luciola gorhami
A widespread firefly across the Indian subcontinent, common in rural areas and villages. It produces...
Indian Firefly
Luciola praeusta
A common firefly across South and Southeast Asia known for its bright flashing displays. Its larvae ...
Indian Moon Beetle
Dicranocephalus wallichii
A spectacular stag beetle relative with males bearing two long, curved, crescent-shaped horns on the...
Indian Rose Chafer
Oxycetonia versicolor
A compact, shiny beetle with variable coloring ranging from metallic green to dark bronze. Adults ar...
Indian Stag Beetle
Lucanus lunifer
A large, dark brown stag beetle with impressive curved mandibles in males that resemble deer antlers...
Indian Tiger Beetle
Cicindela aurulenta
A brilliantly metallic green tiger beetle with coppery-red margins on the elytra. It is an agile pre...
Indian White Grub
Holotrichia consanguinea
A brown, robust chafer beetle whose C-shaped white larvae live underground and feed on plant roots. ...
Iris Flea Beetle
Aphthona nonstriata
A small blue-green flea beetle associated with yellow iris in wetland habitats. Larvae feed on iris ...
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
Phloeodes diabolicus
Has one of the toughest exoskeletons of any insect — it can withstand forces 39,000 times its body w...
Irregular Weevil
Otiorhynchus sensitivus
A flightless alpine weevil found on exposed mountain slopes. Adults emerge in summer to feed on low-...
Ivory-Marked Beetle
Eburia quadrigeminata
A tan longhorn beetle with pairs of ivory-colored raised spots on each elytron. Larvae bore into har...
Ivory-Spotted Dung Beetle
Euoniticellus pallipes
A small, pale brown tunneling dung beetle with ivory-colored legs. Native to Africa, it has been int...
Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle
Trypoxylus dichotomus
A large rhinoceros beetle with a glossy dark brown to black body. Males sport a long, forked cephali...
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 Bark Beetle
Ips typographus japonicus
The Japanese subspecies of the European spruce bark beetle. A significant pest of coniferous forests...
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
An iridescent green and copper beetle that skeletonizes leaves of over 300 plant species. Larvae are...
Japanese Blister Beetle
Epicauta gorhami
A black and orange striped blister beetle found in Japan and Korea. Known as 'tsuchi-hanmyo.' Contai...
Japanese Click Beetle
Campsosternus gemma
A spectacular metallic green and gold click beetle found in East Asian forests. It is one of the mos...
Japanese Damaster Ground Beetle
Damaster blaptoides
A remarkably elongated Japanese ground beetle with an extremely narrow body and extended neck region...
Japanese Deathwatch Beetle
Priobium flavicorne
A wood-boring beetle found in Japan that infests structural timber in traditional Japanese buildings...
Japanese Diving Beetle
Cybister japonicus
A large diving beetle native to Japan, once common but now increasingly rare. It has suffered severe...
Japanese Dung Beetle
Copris pecuarius
A tunneling dung beetle found in Japan and Korea that provisions underground brood chambers with dun...
Japanese Genji Firefly
Luciola cruciata
An aquatic-larval firefly revered in Japanese culture, found near clean streams. It is one of the fe...
Japanese Ground Beetle
Carabus insulicola
A large, dark beetle with coppery-bronze elytra found in Japanese mountain forests. It is flightless...
Japanese Hotaruko Firefly
Pyrocoelia fumosa
A large terrestrial firefly with a dark brown body and bright reddish pronotum. The wingless, larvif...
Japanese Leaf Beetle
Lilioceris merdigera
A small, bright red beetle similar in appearance to the scarlet lily beetle but with red legs instea...
Japanese Pine Sawyer
Monochamus alternatus
A large longhorn beetle known as 'matsu-no-madara-kamikiri,' responsible for transmitting pine wilt ...
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (Blue)
Trypoxylus dichotomus septentrionalis
The northern Japanese subspecies of the rhinoceros beetle, found in Hokkaido. Slightly smaller and d...
Japanese Rose Chafer
Cetonia pilifera
A metallic green flower beetle common in Japan, known as 'shirosujikogane.' Found on flowers and tre...
Japanese Tiger Beetle
Cicindela japonica
A common and widespread tiger beetle across Japan with variable coloring from green to coppery brown...
Japanese Water Penny
Eubrianax granicollis
An East Asian water penny beetle found in swift forest streams of Japan. Adults are dark and robust ...
Japanese Whirligig Beetle
Gyrinus japonicus
A common whirligig beetle in East Asia found on still and slow-flowing water surfaces. It forms larg...
Jet Beetle
Stenus comma
A tiny, goggle-eyed rove beetle that hunts with a remarkable extendable labium tipped with adhesive ...
Jewel Beetle
Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Prized for its iridescent metallic green and red-gold elytra. Used in traditional Japanese art calle...
Jewel Beetle (Golden Castiarina)
Castiarina aureola
A dazzlingly coloured jewel beetle endemic to Australia, with a golden-yellow body adorned with dark...
Jewel Beetle of Cyprus
Julodis ehrenbergii
A large, robust jewel beetle with textured, dark bronze-green elytra dotted with golden pits. It is ...
Jewel Desert Beetle
Julodis cirrosa
A strikingly colorful jewel beetle with tufts of hair along its body. It inhabits arid Mediterranean...
Jewel Frog Beetle
Sagra longicollis
A spectacular metallic beetle with colors ranging from deep red to purple and green. Males have grea...
Jewel Ground Beetle
Carabus auronitens
A strikingly beautiful ground beetle with bright gold and green metallic coloring. It inhabits mount...
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...
Jokisch's Ground Beetle
Nebria jokischii
A high-altitude ground beetle found near permanent snow patches in the Alps. It is adapted to cold, ...
Kauai Flightless Stag Beetle
Apterocyclus honoluluensis
A flightless stag beetle endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Larvae develop in rotting logs of...
Kaup Bess Beetle
Passalus interstitialis
A large, elongate, shiny black bess beetle with prominent mandibles and longitudinal grooves on the ...
Kentucky Cave Beetle
Darlingtonea kentuckensis
A troglobitic ground beetle found in caves along Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau. It is eyeless with e...
Kenyan Montane Tiger Beetle
Lophyra flexuosa
A colorful tiger beetle found across eastern and southern Africa. It displays green, copper, and cre...
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...
Klamath Weed Beetle
Chrysolina quadrigemina
A dark bronze to coppery-brown beetle with a convex, heavily punctured body. It was introduced to co...
Knapweed Gall Weevil
Bangasternus fausti
A weevil that induces galls in knapweed flower heads. Larvae develop inside the enlarged flower buds...
Knobbled Weevil
Karocolens pittospori
A large, knobbled weevil endemic to New Zealand, covered in rough tubercles that give it a bark-like...
Knotgrass Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina hyperici
A rounded, metallic bronze to coppery-green beetle that was introduced to control St. John's wort. I...
Korean Click Beetle
Campsosternus auratus
A large metallic green click beetle with a coppery sheen found across East Asia. It can propel itsel...
Korean Ground Beetle
Carabus jankowskii
A large, ornate ground beetle found in the forests of the Korean Peninsula and adjacent regions. Its...
Korean Rhinoceros Beetle
Allomyrina dichotoma tunobosonis
The Korean subspecies of the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, slightly different in horn morphology. Know...
Korean Stag Beetle
Dorcus koreanus
A stag beetle endemic to the Korean Peninsula with dark brown to black coloring. Males possess well-...
Kudzu Bug
Megacopta cribraria
A small, olive-green, globular beetle that feeds on kudzu and soybeans. It was first detected in Nor...
Lamarcks Sacred Scarab
Kheper lamarcki
A large glossy black dung beetle with subtle purple and green iridescence. It constructs large brood...
Lameere's Longhorn
Chloridolum lameerei
A rare metallic blue-green cerambycid described from the forests of Mindanao in the Philippines. It ...
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 Asian Firefly
Lamprigera tenebrosus
A very large Asian firefly with dark brown elytra and a broad body. The larviform females are among ...
Large Bloody-nosed Beetle
Timarcha goettingensis
A somewhat smaller relative of Timarcha tenebricosa, with a similarly rounded, convex, black body an...
Large Brown Click Beetle
Hemirhipus fascicularis
One of the largest click beetles in South America with a robust dark brown body. Their clicking mech...
Large Elm Bark Beetle
Scolytus scolytus
The principal vector of Dutch elm disease in Europe. Adults feed in twig crotches of healthy elms, t...
Large Elm Beetle
Oulimnius tuberculatus
A small, robust riffle beetle found throughout European streams. Adults have a distinctive tubercula...
Large Gold Chafer
Protaetia aeruginosa
A large, spectacular metallic golden-green beetle associated with ancient forests. Its larvae develo...
Large Gold Rove Beetle
Staphylinus caesareus
A large and handsome rove beetle with golden pubescence on its thorax and bright orange abdominal ba...
Large Poplar Longhorn
Saperda carcharias
A large grey-yellow lamiin covered in dense ochre pubescence, found across Eurasia in poplar-dominat...
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...
Large Violet Click Beetle
Limoniscus violaceus
A rare and distinctive click beetle with a dark violet-black body and fine pubescence. It develops i...
Large Whirligig Beetle
Dineutus americanus
The largest North American whirligig beetle, found on the surface of streams and rivers. It produces...
Larger Elm Leaf Beetle
Monocesta coryli
A robust, bright yellowish-orange beetle with darker wing tips that feeds on a variety of deciduous ...
Larger Grain Borer
Prostephanus truncatus
A devastating pest of stored maize and dried cassava in Africa. It can cause grain weight losses exc...
Lateral Longhorn Beetle
Mastododera lateralis
A medium-sized longhorn beetle with dark elytra marked by pale lateral stripes along the sides. It h...
Latticed Longhorn
Clytus rhamni
A small wasp-mimicking cerambycid with a lattice-like pattern of yellow markings on its black elytra...
Leaf-rolling Weevil
Attelabus nitens
A small bright red weevil that cuts and rolls oak leaves into barrel-shaped cradles for its eggs wit...
Leatherback Ground Beetle
Carabus coriaceus
The largest European ground beetle, entirely matte black with heavily wrinkled elytra. It is a power...
Lebia Greenhead
Lebia viridis
A small, brightly colored ground beetle with a metallic green head and pronotum and reddish-brown el...
Lesser Grain Borer
Rhyzopertha dominica
A cylindrical dark brown beetle that bores into whole grain kernels, reducing them to powder. It is ...
Lesser Pine Sawyer
Monochamus sutor
A mottled brown longhorn beetle found across the boreal forests of Eurasia. It breeds in recently de...
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 Click Beetle
Agriotes lineatus
A small, brown click beetle with pale stripes along its elytra. Its wireworm larvae are major pests ...
Lined Flat Bark Ground Beetle
Platynus decentis
A medium-sized, flattened ground beetle with a sleek black body and fine striations on its elytra. I...
Lined June Beetle
Polyphylla decemlineata
A large scarab beetle with striking white-striped elytra found in western North America. Males have ...
Lined Rove Beetle
Tachinus signatus
A medium-sized rove beetle with distinctly patterned elytra bearing lighter margins. It is commonly ...
Littoral Dung Beetle
Helictopleurus littoralis
A dung beetle adapted to coastal and lowland environments, distinguished from forest relatives by it...
Locust Borer
Megacyllene robiniae
A striking yellow-and-black wasp mimic that attacks black locust trees in North America. Adults appe...
Long-armed Chafer
Cheirotonus gestroi
A large reddish-brown beetle with spectacularly elongated front legs in males. The legs can be longe...
Long-horned Ant-loving Beetle
Claviger longicornis
A minute, blind pselaphine rove beetle with elongate antennae relative to its body size. Like its co...
Long-Toed Water Beetle
Stenelmis crenata
A small riffle beetle with elongated tarsal claws for gripping rocks in fast currents. Both adults a...
Longhorn Harlequin Beetle
Aristobia approximator
A large longhorn beetle with attractive pale grey elytra marked with dark bands and spots in a harle...
Longhorned Coconut Beetle
Olethrius tyrannus
A large prionine beetle from the Indo-Pacific region that attacks coconut palms and other palms. Adu...
Longicorn Beetle
Phoracantha semipunctata
A brown and cream longhorn beetle with extremely long antennae that infests stressed eucalypts. It h...