no spinal column

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

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

Giant African Long horn beetle Pterognatha gigas showing pale wing cases, brown clour, and long antennae, dorsal view, cut to white

Euphoria fulgida Flower chafer

Purpuricenus kaehleri wood boring beetle

European rhino beetle Oryctes nasicornis dorsal view cut to whtie

Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana

Goliath beetle Goliathus goliatus monochrome pen and ink illustration from above, dorsal view, cut to whtie

Screech beetle Hygrobia tarda dorsal view, floating in the water with a sprig on water weed behind

European Stag beetle Lucanus cervus showing glowing mahogony back and massive adapted mandibles

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

Driver ant Dorylinae in balck and white, side view

Dorcadion scopoli Longhorn beetle cut to white

Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria using her long ovipositor to lay an egg with her long terminal cerci pointing upwards