Haldane

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

Heterorrhina elegans flower chafer beetle dorsal view showing incredibly shiny bright green thorax and elytra

Ladybird larvae Coccinella showing yellow and black colour and distintive shape of this active grub

Lesser diving beetle Acilius sulcatus pointing downwards with water weed behind, hind legs outstretched to show how they resemble oars

Black velvety Longhorn beetle Cerambycidae

Alpine Longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina with blue grey wing cases and long antennae, legs slightly curled below him, dorsal view and cut to white

Long horn beetle with blue markings on the elytra, yellow spots on the legs and long antennae, cut to white, dorsal view

Harlequin beetle Acrocinus longimanus cut to white showing distinctive orange and cohre pattern, elongated fore legs, and long antennae

Aristobia approximator beetle

Spruce Bark beetle Ips typographus inset illustration against a background showing maternal and larval galleries in bark

Tropical beetle ventral view showing large hind legs and metallic red and green colouration

Buprestid metallic wood boring beetle cut to whtie showing its extraordinary rainbow colouration

Banded jewel beetle Chrysochroa buqueti rugicollis with wings outstetched and banded elytra on show, red metallic thorax

Colorado Potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata life cycle with adult, egg, pupa, and colourful orange grub all cut to whtie

Cotton boll weevil Anthonomus grandis adult and larva and pupa, the latter two inside developing cotton bolls

Dicronorrhina derbyana Derby’s flower chafer

Dorcadion scopoli Longhorn beetle cut to white

Dung beetle Oxysternon conspicillatum dorsal view

Dung beetle Geotrupes stercorarius view from above dosal view

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

Spruce Bark beetle Ips typographus inset illustration against a background showing maternal and larval galleries in bark

Rosemary beetles on rosemary showing metallic markings, cut to white