Species in the order Coleoptera Results 1 - 20
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Ground beetle (Anisodactylus nemorivagus)
This ground beetle is black in colour with reddish legs. The outer edges of the wing-cases (elytra) are covered in fine hairs and ...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Kugelann's ground beetle (Poecilus kugelanni)
This ground beetle has a stout body, with long legs, and typically has a coppery coloured fore-body and green wing cases (elytra)...  More  2 Images  2 Videos
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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 h...  More  1 Image  1 Video
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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 ...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Cliff tiger beetle (Cicindela germanica)
The cliff tiger beetle is the smallest tiger beetle in Britain. It is typically dull green in colour with a coppery sheen, but it ...  More  4 Images  1 Video
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Heath tiger beetle (Cicindela sylvatica)
Cicindela sylvatica is the largest tiger beetle. It is bluish-black in colour, with a bronze sheen, and a metallic blue underside...  More  6 Images  3 Videos
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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 patterni...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Dune tiger beetle (Cicindela maritima)
The dune tiger beetle was once thought to be a subspecies of the very similar species Cincindela hybrida, but is now recognised as...  More  5 Images  1 Video
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Ground beetle (Perileptus areolatus)
This ground beetle is the only member of the genus Perileptus that occurs in central Europe. It is a small, flat beetle, and the l...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Bast bark beetle (Ernoporus tiliae)
This small, brown bark beetle has scales covering the wing cases (elytra), some of which are raised and form rows...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Lizard weevil (Cathormiocerus britannicus)
The Lizard weevil, so called because it is found only on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, was once thought to be a species endemic ...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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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 anten...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Cerambyx longicorn (Cerambyx cerdo)
This large and beautiful beetle is among the largest of the European beetle species. It has an elongated, robust body and, like a...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Rainbow leaf beetle (Chrysolina cerealis)
The rainbow leaf beetle is arguably one of the most beautiful beetles in Britain. Its common name refers to the longitudinal bands...  More  3 Images  1 Video
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Hermit beetle (Osmoderma eremita)
The hermit beetle has a classic beetle shape and is large with glossy, dark brown elytra. The males have a pronounced groove throu...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Mire pill beetle (Curimopsis nigrita)
Pill beetles have rounded, convex bodies. The mire pill beetle, or 'bog hog' is tiny, measuring just 2 mm in length, and is black ...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
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Cape stag beetle (Colophon primosi)
Cape stag beetles are a group of slow-moving, wingless beetles whose 14 species are restricted to the mountain tops of Cape Provin...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Leaf rolling weevil (Byctiscus populi)
This leaf rolling weevil has a shiny metallic upper surface, which varies in colour from bright green to a vibrant coppery red. Th...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
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Carabo beetle (Carabus olympiae)
Information on the carabo beetle is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  8 Images  0 Videos
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Acorn weevil (Curculio glandium)
The most striking feature of the acorn weevil is its elongated snout, known as a 'rostrum', which is longer in females than males...  More  9 Images  3 Videos
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