Coleoptera

Beetles, of all shapes and sizes.

Arthropods (Arthropoda)---Insects (Insecta)----Beetles (Coleoptera)

Beetles are one of the most well-known insects, especially Ladybirds. With most of them having the infamous "Wing shields" they are also one of the easiest to identify. Any insect with two elytra (Wing shields) a thorax, a head, and six legs is most likely a beetle.

They can be found in an array of habitats and some species don't like beetles at all! Rove Beetles are a prime example. Beetles are the largest group of insects, and all the species equal to about one quarter of all of Earth's life!

Ant-like Flower beetles Anthicidae	Broad-headed Weevils Brentidae	Carpet beetles Dermestidae	Carrion beetles Silphidae
Anthicus sp.	Perapion punctinasum	A Varied carpet beetle found on the back wall of a building.	Margined Carrion beetle
Click beetles Elateridae	Darkling beetles Tenebrionidae	Death-watch beetles Anobiidae	Fireflies Lampyridae
Fire and ash click beetle , Ampedus apicatus.	A darkling beetle known as the Yellow mealworm beetle	Death-watch beetle
Fungus weevils Anthribidae	Fruitworm beetles Byturidae	Greater diving beetles Dytiscidae	Ground beetles Carabidae
Allandrus populi	Byturus sp.
Hister/ Clown beetles Histeridae	Jewel beetles Buprestidae	Ladybirds Coccinellidae	Leaf beetles Chrysomelidae
		Seven-spotted ladybird	Dogwood Calligrapha
Longhorn beetles Cerambycidae	Marsh beetles Scirtidae	Rove beetles Staphylinidae	Sap beetles Nitidulidae
	Cyphon sp.		Cryptarcha sp.
Scarab beetles Scarabaeidae	Silken Fungus beetles Cryptophagidae	Soft-winged Flower beetles Melyridae	Soldier beetles Catharidae
A Bee Chafer	Cryptophagus actangularis	Scarlet Malachite beetle
Water Scavenger beetles Hydrophilidae	Weevils Curcurlionidae	Whirligig beetles Gyrinidae
Hydrobius fuscipes