Beetle Collection

Entomology Specimens
A specimen tray from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department showing the diversity of insects in terms of shape, size and colours

Poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle
Ministry of Agriculture poster, Keep ceaseless watch for Colorado Beetle, they can destroy our potato crops. circa late 1930s

Chrysina limbata, silver chafer beetle
Silver chafer beetle specimen. The beetles have a base pigment covered by several colourless microscopically thin layers called laminae

British Beetles
A poster of beetle specimens selected for The Boys Own Paper by Watkins and Doncaster, naturalists

Ocypus olens, devils coach horse beetle model
A large scale model of the devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens). A beetle that is commonly found beneath logs. Held within the Natural History Museum, London

Cladognathus sp. stag beetle
A specimen of a large stag beetle from Asia. Stag beetles belong to the family (Lucanidae). Only male stag beetles have horns or antlers

Beetles
Double page spread of pencil and watercolour illustrations and sketches of beetles by Henry Walter Bates

Longhorn beetle

Stag Beetle
A rather handsome stag beetle spreads its wings

Beetle illustrations
Double page spread of pencil and watercolour illustrations of beetles by Henry Walter Bates

Hydroporus rufifrons, diving beetle
Close-up shot of a diving beetle (Hydroporus rufifrons). Specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Department

20th Century Art: Weevil (Rhopalomesites tardyi), 1998 by Ma
Watercolour. Russell is an example of a scientist turned artist. Trained initially as an entomologist his combined love of beetles and art resulted in a series of exceptional drawings of weevils

Beetles and Butterflies
Insects of the English countryside - including Stag Beetle (lucanus), Tiger Beetle (cicindelida) and a variety of butterflies and moths (lepidoptera)

A fine ripe Pomelo, peeled and cut ornamentally for table
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Scarab beetles
The largest shown here, (Scarabaeus sacer), was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Today the species are important to agriculture for their dung burying activities

Coleoptera sp. metallic beetles
A pair of gold and silver metallic beetles side by side

Hercules Beetle Etc
The HERCULES beetle, SCARABAEUS TITYUS and others, depicted in their natural habitat

Autocar Poster -- Gordon Bennett race
Autocar Poster -- Thery driving a Richard-Brasier car to win the Gordon Bennett race for France. Seen here after overtaking a Wolseley Beetle driven by Cs Rolls for the British team. Date: 1905

Plate from The Natural History of Carolina by Mark Catesby
Illustration from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol 1 by Mark Catesby (1683-1749)

Modern Zodia: Scorpio
The Modern Zodiac: An Artists Almanac of English Society. A woman wearing a headdress of autumn leaves surrounded by scenes of fox hunting, college life & the new seasons ale

Specimens collected by Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle 18
A case displaying various beetle specimens collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle voyage, as well as a map of the ships route

Chrysolina menthastri, mint leaf beetle eating a mint leaf
A bronze-green rounded leaf beetle feeding on a mint leaf. These beetles are common in the U.K and favour damp waterside habitats

Stick insect, praying mantis, cockroach, violin mantis, etc
Dragon stick insect, Diapherodes jamaicensis (Mantis bispinosa), praying mantis, Stagmatoptera precaria (Mantis precaria), oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis, wandering violin mantis

Genera of Coleoptera beetles: Hispa 12 and Bruchus leaf beetles 13, Curculio 14 and Attelabus weevils 15, Cerambyx 16, Leptura 17 and Necydalis capricorn beetles 18, Lampyris glowworm 19

Species of ground beetles
Ground beetles: Agonum sexpunctatum 1, forest caterpillar hunter, Calosoma sycophanta 2, Carabus punctatus 3, Carabus auronitens 4, Nebria complanata 5, granulate ground beetle, Carabus granulatus 6

Species of water beetles
Great silver water beetle, Hydrophilus piceus 1, Dytiscus latissimus 2, Hydroporus marginatus 3, Graphoderus cinereus 4, Dytiscus caraboides 5, Acilius sulcatus 6, Laccophilus minutus 7

Harlequin beetle, long-horn beetle, etc
Cerambyx imperialis, Retrachydes thoracicus (Cerambyx thoracicus), harlequin beetle, Acrocinus longimanus (Prionus longimanus), Prionus unidentatus, longhorn beetle

Species of weevils
Species of weevil: Tournotaris bimaculata 1, South American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum 2, pecan gall curculio, Conotrachelus elegans 3, Cholus annulatus 4, Brazilian diamond beetle

Species of leaf beetles, asparagus beetles, sand beetles, etc
Leaf beetles, Cryptocephalus cordiger 1, Cry. variabilis 2, Cry. distinguendus 3, Cry

Species of leaf beetles
Pleasing fungus beetle, Erotylus giganteus 1, Chrysomela surinamensis 2, spotted willow leaf beetle, Chrysomela vigintipunctata 3, Phyllocharis cyanicornis 4, Phyllocharis cyanipes 5

Chief goliath and goliath beetle
Chief goliath, Goliathus cacicus, and goliath beetle, Goliathus goliatus. Goliathus coecicus, Goliathus magnus

Hercules, rhinoceros, dung, and scarab beetles
Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules (Scarabeus hercules), rhinoceros beetle, Enema pan (S. chorinaeus), eastern hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus (S)

Bullfinch, canary, butterfly, moth, etc
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula), canary songbird (Serinus canaria), and Emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia, dragonfly, beetle and other insects

Varieties of beetles

Ceres, Roman goddess of grain and agriculture. Seated on a chair holding ears of wheat. Zerene or the Macedonian goddess Zeirene Eleusia to the Etruscans. From an engraved jasper gem. Ceres Incis

Huge violet ground beetles, Carabus scabrosus. Procere Scabreus, Procere d'Olivier. Handcoloured steel engraving printed by F

Orders of Insects

Carrion beetles, black snail beetle, etc
Carrion beetle, Silpha 4-punctata 1, black snail beetle, Silpha atrata 2, Helophorus aquaticus 4, Thanatophilus rugosus 5, Nicrophorus germanicus 6, Thanatophilus sinuatus 7, Soronia grisea 8

White-marked spider beetle, whirligig beetle, glow worm, etc
White-marked spider beetle, Ptinus fur 13, 4, P. imperialis 2, P

Greater stag beetle, lesser stag beetle, etc
Greater stag beetle, Lucanus cervus 1, 2, lesser stag beetle, Dorcus parallelipipedus 3, 4, and stag beetle, Platycerus caraboides 5

Gold medallions of King Charles IV of Spain by P. Sepulveda. Carolus Caroli Fil. Philippi Nep. Augustus, and Carolus III Rex Catholicus. Aurea Numismata

Gold medals of HRE Joseph II, Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina, e
Gold medals of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II by Johann Nepomuk Wirt, Pope Pius VI, and King Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina Naples and Sicily by Martin Krafft, given to Thomas Martyn. Aurea Numismata

Small dung beetle, chafer, scarab beetles, etc
Species of scarab beetles. Bloody small dung beetle, Otophorus haemorrhoidalis 31, subterranean small dung beetle, Eupleurus subterraneus 33, Esymus merdarius 34, N.S

Lytta spanishfly, grain beetle, oil-beetle, etc
Lytta spanishfly, Lytta vesicatoria 2, Anthicus antherinus 3, narrownecked grain beetle, Omonadus floralis 4, Notoxus monoceros 5, black oil-beetle, Notoxus monoceros 6, var

Dark harp ground beetle, granulate ground beetle, etc
Ground beetles. Lebia cruxminor 23, Leistus ferrugineus 24, Anchomenus dorsalis 25, Calathus melanocephalus 26, Stomis rostratus 27, European dark harp ground beetle Pterostichus melanarius 28

Black clock beetle, blue plunderer, violet ground beetle, etc
Black clock beetle, Pterostichus madidus 12, white-legged harp ground beetle, Paranchus albipes 13, blue plunderer, Lebia cyanocephala 14, Ophonus azureus 15, violet ground beetle

Ground beetles, Poecilus cupreus 1, 2, 3, Carabus hortensis 4, Broscus cephalotes 11, and others. Carabus caerulescens, cupreus, gemmatus

Great diving beetle, lesser silver water beetle, etc
Great diving beetle, Dytiscus marginalis 24, Dytiscus semistriatus 25, 26, Colymbetes striatus 27, and lesser silver water beetle, Hydrochara caraboides 28, unknown Dytiscus species 22, 23

Varieties of water beetles
Water beetle, Hydroporus erythrocephalus 1, Agabus uliginosus 2, 5, great silver water beetle, Hydrophilus piceus 3, 4, Agabus bipustulatus 6, Graphoderus cinereus 7, and Acilius sulcatus 8

Rhinoceros beetle, dung beetle, brown chafer, etc
Rhinoceros beetle, Sinodendron cylindricum 20, 21, common dung beetle, Aphodius fimetarius 22, Acrossus luridus 23, brown chafer, Serica brunnea 24, earth-boring dung beetle

Violet tanbark, timberman, longhorn beetles, etc
Varieties of longhorn beetles

Longhorn, old house borer, violet tanbark beetle, etc
Longhorn, Stenocorus meridianus 11, 12, 17, Mesosa nebulosa 13, old house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus var

Spring dumbledor, bee beetle, cockchafer maybeetle, etc
Spring dumbledor, Trypocopris vernalis 9, bee beetle, Trichius fasciatus 10, Hoplia philanthus subsp

Old house borer, tanner beetle, longhorn, etc
Old house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus 1, 2, 3, 5, tanner beetle, Prionus coriarius 4, longhorn beetle, Leiopus nebulosus 6, musk beetle, Aromia moschata 7, small poplar borer, Saperda populnea 8

Species of ladybirds or ladybugs

Species of ladybirds or ladybugs

Carrion beetle, sap-feeding beetle, burying beetle, etc
Opatrum sabulosum 13, carrion beetle, Triplax russica 14, sap-feeding beetle, Epuraea aestiva 15, Nitidula rufipes 18, Triplax aenea 19, Necrodes littoralis 20, Aclypea opaca 24, burying beetle

Scarab, minotaur, dung beetles, etc
Scarab beetle, Polyphylla (Polyphylla) fullo 1, 2, minotaur beetle, Typhaeus typhoeus 3, 4, mottled dung beetle, Onthophagus nuchicornis 5, 6, Omaloplia ruricola 7 and vine chafer, Anomala vitis 8

Animals and insects before a statue of Ephesian Artemis
Animals, amphibia and insects in a woodland clearing before a statue of the many-breasted Ephesian Artemis. With frog, beetle, lizard, snail, dragonfly, moth, crocodile, and others

Salamander, beetle and great burnet
Near Eastern fire salamander, Salamandra infraimmaculata Salamandra maculosa, beetle, Oncideres amputator (Saperda amputator) and great burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis

Spiny lobster, woodswallow, firefly and leaf-nosed snake
Spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas, dusky woodswallow, Artamus cyanopterus, fireflies, Lampyris noctiluca, Malagasy leaf-nosed snake, Langaha madagascariensis

Cape satin bush and beetle
Cape satin bush, Podalyria sericea, and beetle, Carabus blaptoides (Damaster blaptoides)

Longfinned bullseye, Cookeolus japonicus, Priacanthus japonicus, Water horsetail, Equisetum fluviatile, weevil, Prepodes spectabilis

Weevil and ground beetles
Weevil, Platypus maravignae 1, beetle, Carabus depressus 2, 3, ground beetle, Cychrus rostratus 4

Black-eyed susan, spider, and beetle
Black-eyed susan, Tetratheca thymifolia, spider, Tetragnatha extensa, beetle, Tetraonyx octo-maculatum, and red milkweed beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus.Tetragnathe, Tetratheca, Tetraonyx, Tetraope

Plume worm, hornet moth and beetles
Plume worm, Serpula vermicularis 2, Serpula contortuplicata 1, hornet moth, Sesia apiformis 3, beetles, Siagona europaea 4, Siagona dejeanii 5. Serpules, Sesie, Siagones

Fern, bee beetle and roundworms
Eurasian bee beetle, Trichius fasciatus 1, parasitic roundworms, Trichinella species 2 and Trichocephalus hominis 3, beetle, Trichognathus marginipennis 4, mountain spleenwort fern

Giant clam and beetles
Giant clam, Tridacna gigas, and beetles, Tricondyla aptera, Xya variegata (Tridactylus variegatus)

Mantis shrimp, star flower and beetle
Mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis 1, star flower, Orbea variegata (Stapelia variegata) 2, and beetle, Staphylinus olens 3. Squille, Stapelie, Staphylin

Alpine swift, bulrush, beetle and wasp
Alpine swift, Tachymarptis melba (Cypselus melba) 1, wasp, Masaris vespiformis 2, bulrush, Typha latifolia, beetle, Palaeostigus palpalis (Mastigus palpalis). Martinet, Masaris, Massette, Mastige

Trumpet manucode, beetle and wild dagga
Trumpet manucode, Phonygammus keraudrenii, beetle, Pholidotus humboldtii, and lion's tail or wild dagga, Leonotis leonurus (Phlomis leonurus). Phlomide, Pholitode, Phonygame

Dormouse, copepods and beetle
Edible dormouse or fat dormouse, Glis glis 11, Copepods, Lernaea multicornis, 1-10, Lessertia falciformis 12, and beetle, Lethrus cephalotes 13. Lernees, Lerot, Lessertie, Lethre

Algae, bee, wasp and froghopper
Algae, Ceramium scoparium 1, Ceramium casuarinae 2, beetle, Cerapterus latipes 3, small carpenter bee, Ceratina callosa 4, wasp, Cerceris aurita 6, and meadow froghopper

Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules, perched on a rock. Scarabaeus hercules. Aquatint drawn and engraved by William Daniell from William Wood's Zoography, Cadell and Davies, 1807

Flea bee-fly and sea bindweed
Flea bee-fly, Phthiria pulicaria and sea bindweed, Calystegia soldanella (as Convolvulus soldanella)

Black-thighed epeolus cuckoo bee and fly orchid
Black-thighed epeolus or variegated cuckoo bee, Epeolus variegatus, and fly orchid, Ophrys insectifera (Ophrys muscifera) or sombre bee orchid, Ophrys fusca (Ophrys myodes)

Gold-speckled clothes moth and wood hawkweed
Gold-speckled clothes moth, Nemaxera betulinella, and wood hawkweed, Hieracium sylvaticum. As bark clothes-moth, Tinea corticella

Dance fly and wild tulip
Dance fly, Wiedemannia bistigma (as Heleodromia bistigma) and wild tulip, Tulipa sylvestris

Grain beetle and St. John's wort
Grain beetle, Cryptolestes spartii (Cucujus spartii) and St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum

Braconid wasp and mezereon
Braconid wasp, Hecabolus sulcatus, and mezereon, Daphne mezereum

Pied hoverfly and barren strawberry
Pied hoverfly, Scaeva pyrastri (as Scaeva unicolor) and barren strawberry, Potentilla sterilis (as Fragaria sterilis)

Swallow-tailed moth and common elder
Swallow-tailed moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria, and common elder, Sambucus nigra

Blue helodes beetle and mare's tail
Blue helodes beetle, Prasocuris junci (Helodes beccabungae) and mare's tail, Hippuris vulgaris

Large birch bright moth and black horehound
Large birch bright moth, Taleporia tubulosa (Pale chequered brown moth, Cochleophasia tessellea), and black or stinking horehound, Ballota nigra

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