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family Buprestidae  (jewel beetles, 15000 species)

Paracupta sulcata
(Vanua Levu, Fiji)

family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)

locust borer
Megacyllene robiniae
(USA)
red milkweed beetle
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
(USA)
unidentified
(Costa Rica)
unidentified
(Costa Rica)
Macrochenus isabellinus
(Vietnam)
Stratioceros princeps
(Vietnam)
sugarcane longhorn beetle
Dorysthenes buqueti
(Krabi, Thailand)

family Chrysomelidae  (leaf beetles, 35000 species)

disturbed
golden tortoise beetle
Metriona bicolor
(Mexico)
mating
tortoise beetles
Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)
spotted asparagus beetle
Crioceris duodecimpunctata
(USA)

family Cicindelidae  (tiger beetles, 2100 species)

 festive tiger beetle
Cicindela scutellaris
lecontei
(Illinois, USA)
 festive tiger beetle
Cicindela scutellaris
lecontei
(Illinois, USA)
six-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela sexguttata
(USA)
six-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela sexguttata
(USA)
Japanese tiger beetle
Cicindela japonica
(Japan)
blue-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela aurulenta
(Bali, Indonesia)
blue-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela aurulenta
(Krabi, Thailand)
Cicindela tuberculata
(New Zealand)

family Coccinellidae  (ladybird beetles, 5000 species)

spotless nine-spotted
ladybird beetle
Coccinella novemnotata
franciscana
(Illinois, USA)
unidentified
ladybird beetle
(USA)
twenty-two spot
ladybird beetle
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
(Gelendzhik, Russia)

family Curculionidae  (weevils, 60000 species)

green immigrant
leaf weevil
Polydrusus sericeus
(USA)
unidentified
(Belize)
unidentified
(Cockscomb basin, Belize)
unidentified
(Costa Rica)
unidentified
(Vietnam)
unidentified
(Vietnam)
unidentified weevils
mating
(Indonesia)
unidentified
(Angkor, Cambodia)
Megaproctus exclamationis
(Taman Negara, Malaysia)

family Scarabaeidae  (scarabs, 30000 species)


sub-family Dynastidae  (rhinoceros beetles)
male Atlas beetle
Chalcosoma atlas
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)
male
coconut palm beetle
Xylotrupes gideon
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)
male
coconut palm beetle
Xylotrupes gideon
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)

sub-family Rutelinae  (shining leaf chafers)
Japanese beetle
Popillia japonica
(USA)
shining leaf beetle
Chrysina boucardi
(Costa Rica)

family Lampyridae  (fireflies, 2000 species)

 
unidentified
(Cuc Phuong, Vietnam)
unidentified
(Cockscomb basin, Belize)

family Lycidae  (net-winged beetles)

female Duliticola sp. larva
(Cat Tien, Vietnam)
Duliticola hoiseni larva
(Taman Negara, Malaysia)

family Tenebrionidae  (darkling beetles, 20000 species)

desert skunk beetle
Eleodes armata
(California, USA)
blue death feigning beetle
Cryptoglossa verrucosus
(Nevada, USA)
unidentified darkling beetle
(Rio Blanco, Belize)

other beetles

large whirligig beetles
Dineutus sp.
(Illinois, USA)
family Gyrinidae
(700 species)
desert blister beetle
Lytta magister
(California, USA)
family Meloidae
(2500 species)
unidentified
(Cockscomb basin, Belize)
bioluminescent click beetle
Pyrophorus sp.
(Rio Blanco, Belize)
dor beetle
Geotrupes stercorarius
(Czech Republic)
family Scarabaeidae
unidentified beetle
(Philippines)