Invertebrate / Coleoptera / Beetles

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 entomological illustration

Ladybird Coccinella septempuctata dorsal view showing red wing cases with black spots

Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus detailed dorsal view cut to white

Purpuricenus kaehleri wood boring beetle

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 dorsal view showing incredibly shiny bright green thorax and elytra

Hercules beetle Dynastes hercules in side view, facing right, showing enormous horn

Eupholus bennetti weevil cut to white from the side looking like it’s about to walk off somewhere

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 with wings outstetched and banded elytra on show, red metallic thorax

Dicronorrhina derbyana Derby’s flower chafer

Dung beetle Oxysternon conspicillatum dorsal view

Eupholus bennetti weevil from above showing amazing powder blue and black markings

Notes & illustrations on the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica study sheet showing life stages and damage

Text and illustrations Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar and associated damage

Oviposition scars in typical crescent shape on apple from Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar

Grub of Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar within a cherry

Apple damaged by Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar showing oviposition scars, bumps, maggot holes, damage and rot.

Life cycle of Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar showing grub, egg, and pupa alongside adult

Adult Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar showing bumps on elytra and distinctive brown band

Leaf damage from Japanese beetle Popillia japonica with skeletal leaf and clustering beetles

Adult Japanese beetle Popillia japonica with distinctive abdominal white tufts

Japanese beetle Popillia japonica adult and life stages, with egg, grub or larva, and pupa