Beetle Collection (page 7)

Ground Beetle - sand dunes of Central Karakum desert (Scarites sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Cockchafer Beetle (close relative of May bug) - adult female - at night (Chioneosoma komarovi ). Central Karakum desert - hides in Saxaul bush during mating period - waiting for a male to come flying

Darkling Beetle - in the evening (Sternodes caspicus Pallas). Turkmenistan - Central Karakum Desert - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - emerges from day shelter in sand where he buries itself to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - March

Darkling Beetle - runs in sand dunes of Karakum desert in the evening (Sternodes caspicus Pallas). Turkmenistan - Central Karakum Desert - Spring - April

Weevil - on Tamarisk (Tamaricaceae sp. ) beetle
Weevil - on Tamarisk (Tamaricaceae sp.) beetle feeds on tamarisk plant (Curculionidae sp.). near Karakum canal - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - along with various prints left on sand after night activity of beetles, lizards and jerboa (Sympiezocnemis gigantea)

White Saxaul trees - on sand dunes with tracks of insects - track in foreground ends with a small sand bump where a large darkling beetle has hidden itself during the day heat (Haloxylon persicum)

Darkling Beetle - feeds on plants near Karakum water-canal (Blaps sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Large brown trunk beetle / Pine weewil / True weewil beetle, adult, on a pine-bark in a timber-cutting site in early spring (Hylobius abietis). mixed forest near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia

Blackspotted pliers support beetle, adult, on birch-bark, during a mating period (Rhagium mordax). in mixed forests near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

A Timberman beetle / Longhorn beetle, adult, on a pine-bark of a freshly cut timber (Acanthocinus aedilis). Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; spring

Water shrew, adult, devours a water beetle (a predatious diving beetle pictured, Dytiscidae spp.) (Neomys fodiens). on the bank of river Pra, a tributary of river Oka; near Ryasan town

A large Long-horn Beetle (unidentified) on a tree-trunk in a rainforest of volcanic Tioman Island (Cerambicidae). 30 km east off peninsula Malaysia in South China Sea; June

Rhinoceros Beetle - Male - on a tree-bark (Xylotrupes pubescens ). Bohol, Philippines. February

Tiger beetle in flight (Cicindela nitida Licht.). South Tuva, Russia

Green Tiger Beetle in flight (Cicindela nitida Licht.). near Erzin settlement, South Tuva, Russia

A beetle - runs in sand while feeding in Arabian desert in early morning (Adesmia spp). approx. 50 km from Hurghada town, Egypt

Darkling Beetle - runs around a sand dune in search of grass sprouts - feeds in dusk and dawn (Sternodes caspicus Pallas). Central Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Philippine Tarsier, adult, eats a large horned beetle, one of its favourite preys (Tarsius syrichta ). Philippines. in dense secondary tropical rainforest near PTFI

A beetle - on flowering Caraganae plant (Asias halodendri). South Tuva, Russia

Forest COCKCHAFER / May beetle - rests on a birch branch during breeding mass flight in dusk (Melolontha hippocastani). Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; Spring (June)

Moor FROG - watching beetle (Donacia sp), (Rana arvalis Nilsson). Russia

Cooks beetle-crushers. Edwardian humour. Date: circa 1905

Baby Scouts -- out at sea
Baby Scouts -- In time of war, a Baby scout named Flo fought with great hardihood, and shelled the foe. Date: 1900

Pilcher Pilcher and his sister with the Beetle

Stag Beetle Collection of Hughes Bomans
A sample from some 32, 000 stag beetles collected by French entomologist Hughes Bomans

Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 28 May 1854
Page 2 of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother about sending beetles to his agent Mr Stevens, future travel plans and his daily routine as a collector, dated May 1854

Beetle illustration
Table 237 of A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane

Acrocinus longimanus, Harlequin beetle
A photograph of harlequin beetles mating on newly-cut logs of breadnut tree. Taken by entomologist Jon Martin in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Las Cuevas, Belize, in June 2002

Chiasognathus grantii Stephens, stag beetle
This member of the Lucanidae family was written about by Charles Darwin in chapter 10 of his book The Descent of Man

Ring with a weevil set in
About 200 years old, this weevil (Tetrasothynus regalis) has been set in a gold ring

Cynocephala hardyi Endrodi, scarab beetle
A scarab beetle (Cynocephala hardyi Endrodi) from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Rove beetle in amber
Rove beetle, Coleoptera:Polyphaga:Staphylinidae trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. Amber is fossilised tree resin

Euselates sp. rose chafer beetle
A colourful rose chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles

Lucans (Odontolabis) gazella, Oriental stag beetle
Fig 5 of plate 26 from The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, 1848 by J. O. Westwood

Tenebrio sp. mealworm in a sticky lollipop
Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Chrysobotris, fossil beetle
An early Cretaceous fossil beetle from the Lithographic Limestone, Lerida, Spain

Insects of Georgia
Plate 182, page 95 Volume 2, Insects of Georgia by John Abbot. 1751 - 1840

Illustration of beetles
Plate 41, an illustration of various beetles from Oriental Entomology 1848 by J. O. Westwood

Helophorus
Beetle specimen from the Entomology collections of the Natural History Museum, London

East African copal
A piece of copal with a crazed surface caused by oxidisation. Preserved inside is a beetle Coleoptera:Oocamenta. Specimen is less than two million years old

Various beetles and arachnids
Drawer of a selection of various entomological specimens from the Sloane Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Flat-footed beetle in amber
A flat-footed beetle preserved in Dominican amber. This specimen dates from the Lower Miocene period

Coccinella, black spotted ladybird
Scanning electron microscope image showing the head of a black spotted ladybird (x 9 on a standard 9cm wide print). Coloured artificially by computer

Darwins beetles
Display box of beetles collected by Charles Darwin with a map of the voyage of his ship, The Beagle

Various beetle specimens
A display case showing the diversity of beetles held at the Natural History Museum, London

Goliathus goliathus, goliath beetle
The goliath beetle is a member of the family (Scarabaeidae; Cetoniinae). They are the largest species of beetle reaching lengths of up to 15cm and derive from Africa

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