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Scarabaeid Collection

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Chrysina limbata, silver chafer beetle

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

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Scarab beetles

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

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Dynastes hercules, hercules beetle

Dynastes hercules, hercules beetle
Hercules beetles are from Central and South America are among the longest beetles with males reaching 190 mm (7.5 inches) in length

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Aphodius niger, Beaulieu dung beetle

Aphodius niger, Beaulieu dung beetle
A mounted specimen of a Beaulieu dung beetle (Aphodius niger) this beetle has only ever been found in the New Forest, Hampshire

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Copris fallaciosus, Kenyan dung beetle

Copris fallaciosus, Kenyan dung beetle
Dung beetle specimen from the family Scarabaeidae, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Mellissius eudoxus, scarab beetle

Mellissius eudoxus, scarab beetle
A species of scarab beetle from St. Helena, from the Scarabaeidae family (Wollastons Rutelidae, Dynastidae)

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Titanus giganteus (left), Dynastes hercules (right)

Titanus giganteus (left), Dynastes hercules (right)
The South American longhorn beetle (left) at 160 mm long and the hercules beetle (right) 170 mm long. Two of the largest beetles in the world

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Heteronychus arator, black beetle

Heteronychus arator, black beetle
A species of black beetle from St. Helena, from the Scarabaeidae family (Wollastons Rutelidae, Dynastidae)

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Dynastes hercules, hercules beetle

Dynastes hercules, hercules beetle
A specimen of the hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules), 12 cms long, from the Natural History Museums Entomology Department. This species can be found in Central and South America

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Anomala sp. chafer beetle

Anomala sp. chafer beetle
A shining leaf chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. These beetles feed on leaves, flowers, or flower parts

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Goliathus goliatus, goliath beetle

Goliathus goliatus, goliath beetle
An x-ray image of the goliath beetle, Goliathus goliatus, showing shotgun wounds

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Various Scarabaeus sp

Various Scarabaeus sp
Watercolour and ink from Drawings of Mandibulata Insects of India, Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1822 Date: 1822

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Wallaces Long armed beetle

Wallaces Long armed beetle
Euchirus longimanus, a long armed scarab beetle collected by Wallace in Amboyna, the Molucca Islands, Indonesia

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Cynocephala hardyi Endrodi, scarab beetle

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

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Scarabaeus rusticus, dung beetle

Scarabaeus rusticus, dung beetle
This species has characteristic orange red antennae and can be seen rolling a worked sphere of dung. Specimen collected on elephant dung in South Africa

Background imageScarabaeid Collection: Phanaeus vindex (Macleay), dung beetle

Phanaeus vindex (Macleay), dung beetle
Top, lateral and underside views of a female dung beetle also called a tumble dung beetle by John Abbot


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