![Stenocara Fog or Handstand beetle](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Stenocara Fog or Handstand beetle
Stenocara Fog or Handstand beetle. Beetle is shown in its typical 45 degree position, facing incoming wind and fog to collect water vapour on the bumps of its elytra. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).
![Common or Red headed Cardinal beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Common or Red headed Cardinal beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Common or Red headed Cardinal beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis entomological illustration
![Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata 3](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata 3
Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots
![Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus detailed dorsal view cut to white
![Purpuricenus kaehleri beetle](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Purpuricenus kaehleri beetle
Purpuricenus kaehleri wood boring beetle
![Lesser diving beetle Acilius sulcatus](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Lesser diving beetle Acilius sulcatus
Lesser diving beetle Acilius sulcatus pointing downwards with water weed behind, hind legs outstretched to show how they resemble oars
![Heterorrhina elegans flower chafer beetle](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Heterorrhina elegans flower chafer beetle
Heterorrhina elegans flower chafer beetle dorsal view showing incredibly shiny bright green thorax and elytra
![Hercules beetle Dynastes hercules](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Hercules beetle Dynastes hercules
Hercules beetle Dynastes hercules in side view, facing right, showing enormous horn
![Eupholus bennetti weevil 2](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Eupholus bennetti weevil 2
Eupholus bennetti weevil cut to white from the side looking like it’s about to walk off somewhere
![Great diving beetle Dytiscus marginalis](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Great diving beetle Dytiscus marginalis
Great diving beetle Dytiscus marginalis showing dark green colour and yellow thorax margin, blue background to show sub aquatic habitat
![Banded jewel beetle Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Banded jewel beetle Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis
Banded jewel beetle Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis with wings outstetched and banded elytra on show, red metallic thorax
![Dicronorrhina derbyana Derby’s flower chafer](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Dicronorrhina derbyana Derby’s flower chafer
Dicronorrhina derbyana Derby’s flower chafer
![Dung beetle Oxysternon conspicillatum](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Dung beetle Oxysternon conspicillatum
Dung beetle Oxysternon conspicillatum dorsal view
![Eupholus bennetti weevil](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Eupholus bennetti weevil
Eupholus bennetti weevil from above showing amazing powder blue and black markings
![Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose chafer beetle, cut to white. Common iridescent garden visitor
![Detritivores soil litter invertebrates](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Detritivores soil litter invertebrates
Animals shown are spider, snail, centipede, worm, woodlouse, pseudoscorpion, mite, slug, ground beetle, earwig, and spider
![Black Oil beetle Meloe proscarabaeus](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Black Oil beetle Meloe proscarabaeus
Black oil beetle Meloe proscarabaeus showing distinctive abdominal shape and antennae.
![Anatomy of Bombardier beetle](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Anatomy of Bombardier beetle
Anatomy of Bombardier beetle focussed on the glands that produce the explosive chemicals. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).
![Bombardier beetle Pheropsophus species](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Bombardier beetle Pheropsophus species
Bombardier beetle Pheropsophus species shown emitting high temperature explosive substance to deter predators. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).
![Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata diagram](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata diagram
Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata diagram with outstretched wing
![Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus 2](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus 2
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus detailed dorsal view cut to white whith metallic purple wing case margins exaggerated
![Two spot Black ladybird Adalia 2-punctata](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Two spot Black ladybird Adalia 2-punctata
Two spot Black ladybird Adalia 2-punctata dorsal view, sketch, cut to whtie
![Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris cut to white dorsal view showing green wu=ing cases with white markings and metallic pink legs and ferocious jaws
![Stephanorrhina guttata spotted flower beetle](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Stephanorrhina guttata spotted flower beetle
Stephanorrhina guttata spotted flower beetle