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Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Ladybirds are perhaps the most well-known and popular of all British beetles, and the seven-spot ladybird is one of the commonest species…
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Elegant rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes elegans)
Information on the elegant rhinoceros beetle is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Water beetle (Graphoderus bilineatus)
Information on Graphoderus bilineatus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Dor beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius)
The dor beetle, for many people, is the archetypal ‘beetle’. It has the classic beetle shape and colouration, being oval in shape with a…
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Pitt Island longhorn beetle (Xylotoles costatus)
Information on the Pitt Island longhorn beetle (Xylotoles costatus) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Meladema (Meladema lanio)
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Crotchiella (Crotchiella brachyptera)
Information on Crotchiella brachyptera is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Rack beetle (Tentyrina palmeri)
Information on the rack beetle is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Ground beetle (Dromius sigma)
Ground beetles belonging to the genus Dromius are typically elongate, flattened beetles. Dromius sigma has a black head, and pale brown wing…
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Water beetle (Laccophilus poecilus)
This attractive little water beetle has a pattern of pale markings on its wing cases. It was previously known at under three different…
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Noble chafer (Gnorimus nobilis)
This chafer is a very attractive insect. It has a metallic-green body which is speckled with white. The whole body displays a brilliant…
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Ground beetle (Bembidion nigropiceum)
Unlike many members of the Bembidion genus, the largest genus of ground beetles in Britain, this blackish ground beetle does not have a…
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Soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
This soldier beetle called the ‘bloodsucker’ in some areas because of its bright red colouration. It is the most common soldier beetle in…
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Diving beetle (Agabus brunneus)
This chocolate-brown beetle has no common English name. It is difficult to distinguish from a number of similar species, needing the close…
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Hairy click beetle (Synaptus filiformis)
This click beetle is blackish in colour, and covered in small, greyish fine hairs. The sides of the thorax are wavy, and the antennae and…
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Cardinal click beetle (Ampedus cardinalis)
The cardinal click beetle (Ampedus cardinalis) has russet-red wing cases (elytra), a shiny black thorax and a covering of fine…
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Ground beetle (Bembidion testaceum)
Bembidion testaceum is a predatory ground beetle that is very similar in appearances to other related Bembidion species. This is a genus of…
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Death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum)
The larvae of the common death watch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum) are notorious pests of furniture and structural timbers in…
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Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)
The stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) is arguably the most spectacular looking beetle in Britain; the male looks like something from a…
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Longhorn beetle (Jebusaea hammerschmidti)
Jebusaea hammerschmidti is a member of the Cerambycidae family, also known as the longhorn beetles or longicorns, which are characterised by…
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Reed beetle (Donacia aquatica)
This is a spectacularly coloured beetle, having a metallic blue sheen over its whole body, and rainbow-like stripes down each wing case. The…
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Cromwell chafer (Prodontria lewisi)
The Cromwell chafer is a Critically Endangered beetle found at just one site in Cromwell, New Zealand. It is a flightless beetle that…
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Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata)
This beautiful iridescent beetle can occur in a variety of colours; the wingcases or elytra are typically bright green, but they may be…
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Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris)
This species is the commonest British tiger beetle. All tiger beetles are long-legged and fast-running. When disturbed they make fast…
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Ten-spotted pot beetle (Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus)
The ten-spotted pot beetle has the typical 'beetle' shape and comes in two colour forms: one is almost pure shining black; the other is…
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Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
This common, large beetle often crashes into lighted windows at night during early summer. It is a familiar beetle that belongs to the same…
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Long-horned beetle (Macrodontia cervicornis)
The largest and most widespread of the longhorn beetles, this gigantic species is instantly recognisable for its striking patterning and…
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Carabid beetle (Carabus olympiae)
A large, colourful beetle, Carabus olympiae is unusual in being endemic to just one small area of the Italian Alps. As in other ground…
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Crucifix ground beetle (Panagaeus crux-major)
This rare beetle is largely black and very bristly. In shape, it has a characteristic bug-eyed appearance and a broad thorax. The English…
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Pot beetle (Cryptocephalus primarius)
This rather shiny beetle (one of the larger Cryptocephalus species) has orange wing-cases (elytra), each with five black spots. The head and…
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