Beetles - Coleoptera Photo Gallery by Tom Murray at pbase.com

Beetles - Coleoptera

:: Antlike Leaf Beetles - Aderidae ::	:: Death-watch Beetles - Anobiidae ::	:: Fungus Weevils - Anthribidae ::	:: Ant-like Flower Beetles - Anthicidae ::
:: Metallic Wood-boring Beetles - Buprestidae ::	:: Pill Beetles - Byrrhidae ::	:: Soldier Beetles - Cantharidae ::	:: Ground Beetles - Carabidae ::
:: Longhorned Beetles - Cerambycidae ::	:: Minute Bark Beetles - Cerylonidae ::	:: Leaf Beetles - Chrysomelidae ::	:: Tiger Beetles - Cicindelinae ::
:: Minute Tree-fungus Beetles - Ciidae ::	:: Checkered Beetles - Cleridae ::	:: Ladybeetles - Coccinellidae ::	:: Cylindrical Bark Beetles - Colydiidae ::
:: Minute Hooded Beetles - Corylophidae ::	:: Silken Fungus Beetles - Cryptophagidae ::	:: Flat Bark Beetles - Cucujidae ::	:: Weevils - Curculionidae ::
:: Carpet Beetles - Dermestidae ::	:: Predacious Diving Beetles - Dytiscidae ::	:: Click Beetles - Elateridae ::	:: Handsome Fungus Beetles - Endomychidae ::
:: Pleasing Fungus Beetles - Erotylidae ::	:: False Click Beetles - Eucnemidae ::	:: Earth-Boring Dung Beetles - Geotrupidae ::	:: Whirligig Beetles - Gyrinidae ::
:: Crawling Water Beetles - Haliplidae ::	:: Clown Beetles - Histeridae ::	:: Minute Moss Beetles - Hydraenidae ::	:: Water Scavenger Beetles - Hydrophilidae ::
:: Lined Flat Bark Beetles - Laemophloeidae ::	:: Fireflies - Lampyridae ::	:: Lizard Beetles - Languriidae ::	:: Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles - Latridiidae ::
:: Round Fungus Beetles - Leiodidae ::	:: Minute Marsh-loving Beetles - Limnichidae ::	:: Stag Beetles - Lucanidae ::	:: Net Winged Beetles - Lycidae ::
:: False Darkling Beetles - Melandryidae ::	:: Blister Beetles - Meloidae ::	:: Soft-winged Flower Beetles - Melyridae ::	:: Root-eating Beetles - Monotomidae ::
:: Tumbling Flower Beetles - Mordellidae ::	:: Hairy Fungus Beetles - Mycetophagidae ::	:: Sap-feeding Beetles - Nitidulidae ::	:: False Blister Beetles - Oedemeridae ::
:: Orsodacnid Leaf Beetles - Orsodacnidae ::	:: Shining Flower Beetles - Phalacridae ::	:: Water Penny Beetles - Psephenidae ::	:: Featherwinged Beetles - Ptiliidae ::
:: Toe-winged Beetles - Ptilodactylidae ::	:: Fire-Colored Beetles - Pyrochroidae ::	:: Dead Log Beetles - Pythidae ::	:: Wedge-shaped Beetles - Rhipiphoridae ::
:: Narrow-waisted Bark Beetles - Salpingidae ::	:: Scarab Beetles - Scarabaeidae ::	:: Marsh Beetles - Scirtidae ::	:: Bark and Ambrosia Beetles - Scolytinae ::
:: False Flower Beetles - Scraptiidae ::	:: Ant-like Stone Beetles - Scydmaenidae ::	:: Carrion Beetles - Silphidae ::	:: Silvanid Flat Bark Beetles - Silvanidae ::
:: Rove Beetles - Staphylinidae ::	:: Synchroa Bark Beetles - Synchroidae ::	:: Darkling Beetles - Tenebrionidae ::	:: Polypore Fungus Beetles - Tetratomidae ::
:: False Metallic Wood-boring Beetles - Throscidae ::	:: Bark-gnawing Beetles - Trogossitidae ::	:: Hide Beetles - Trogidae ::	Horned Powder-post Beetle - Bostrichidae - Polycaon sp.
Bostrichidae - Polycaon sp.	Raspberry Fruitworm Beetle - Byturidae - Byturus unicolor	Raspberry Fruitworm Beetle - Byturidae - Byturus unicolor	Raspberry Fruitworm Beetle - Byturidae - Byturus unicolor
Minute Beetle - Clambidae - Clambus armadillo	Minute Beetle - Clambidae - Clambus armadillo	Reticulated Beetle - Cupedidae - Cupes capitatus	Cupedidae - Cupes capitatus
Plate-thigh Beetle - Eucinetidae - Nycteus sp.	Short-winged Flower Beetle - Kateretidae - Brachypterus sp.	Burrowing Water Beetle - Noteridae - Hydrocanthus iricolor	Burrowing Water Beetle - Noteridae - Hydrocanthus iricolor
Burrowing Water Beetle - Noteridae - Hydrocanthus iricolor	False Longhorn Beetle - Stenotrachelidae - Cephaloon lepturides	False Longhorn Beetle - Stenotrachelidae - Cephaloon lepturides	IMG_8255.JPG
IMG_8259.JPG	Brachypterolus pulicarius	Brachypterolus pulicarius	Cephaloon ungulare
Bostrichidae - Prostephanus sp.	Raspberry Fruitworm Beetle - Byturus unicolor	Prostephanus sp.	Riffle Beetle - Elmidae - Stenelmis crenata
Riffle Beetle larva - Elmidae - Stenelmis sp.	Cryptic Slime Mold Beetle (Sphindidae) Sphindus americanus	Cryptic Slime Mold Beetle (Sphindidae) Sphindus americanus

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guest		27-May-2009 23:05
dear tom, i have found hundreds of checkered beetles in my fire wood pile (cleridae or enoclerus nigripes) are they a danger to my home ?? do they eat wood? all this fire wood was delivered this year, thanks -deb

M.Vee Panik		20-Apr-2009 20:14
I live in Arctic Alaska up in the northern region in the arctic circle. I have dicovered a beetle as what our local school teacher says here in our village. And It is also spring just about over with winter. I was curious of the bug because it sure didn't look like a house fly,if it wasn't for my 7 year old daughter we would have live them, with her good eyes she found it so tiny like the size of a 'beed' was found on the window sille and looked like a small and tiny cockroach. Although our local school teacher is doing a research on it right now! lol kind of funny to find different insects way up here esp. here in the arctic.

Guest		17-Apr-2009 01:11
oh my god didn't relise there was so many beetles out there. I am doing an essay on aquatic animals and came accross the whirligig beetle that can live in and out of water, but can't find any info on how marine beetles evolved. If any one can help please post some info or web pages here please thanks. Maryann Scotland ps great photos

trenton		16-Apr-2009 02:15
i have found a beetle in my backyard that does not match any of the pictures you have though your pics are amazing.its about 1.5 inches long and its solid black legs and all.its body looks like the shape of a roaches but its shell doesnt seem to be in sections, just one big shell.do you have any clue what this is?

larose forest photos		06-Apr-2009 01:38
Absolutely superb collection of beetle photographs, well ordered, and nice to see them identified. Fantastic site. V.

Andrew		26-Mar-2009 17:52
SOME PLZ GIVE ME A LINK OR teach me something. I usually could care less about bugs i dont hate em dont like em but i saw the nicest bug of my life today.i was looking at my sugar cane and saw a small black beetle about half a centimeter with 4-6 spots that changed every color of the rainbow.i tried to catch it but if flew away.....its not your basic shiny green beetle this one was beautiful .

dawn		28-Feb-2009 01:48
Hi, I am trying to identify some beetles that have been all of a sudden showing up all over the house, and its winter in columbia county ny! They are all slowly curling up and dying, and we have no idea where they're coming from and what they are. They have long antenna, small pointy head...they look a little like old house bores, but their head seems pointier and their wings have more decorative markings. they are brownish/drk gray in color They are about 1" long. Any suggestions?

Maria		23-Jan-2009 01:18
Thank you so much for all those beetle pictures you posted on your website. I tried seaching for over an hour in search of brown beetles I have found in my house in Dutchess County. No luck. Just one or two pictures. They fly with a loud noise. I hope to take a picture and hope that you might identify it. We have been letting them out of the house but worry now if that is a good idea. I didn't know beetles could bite and damage wood. I have wood floors. So far okay. Hope to stay that way. And no bites. Thank you again.

yhoe		20-Jan-2009 08:42
very nice gallery. I was wondering if you could help me identify an insect I've caught. Actually, I'm thinking that it might be a beetle but, upon browsing so much, I was not able to see anything that look like my beetle. I don't know how to take care of this insect so basically I'm not quite sure that it will stay for long by my side. Expecting for your kind assistance. Thank you. Mail me soon thx

runcible		22-Sep-2008 17:49
What a pleasure it is to browse your galleries and know that you have created an almost inexhaustible treaure of images of things that are largely unknown to me. I could spend all day just looking at the beetles, butterflies, and dragonflies.

Darren		13-Sep-2008 18:50
Just found a Megalodacne 2cm long or as listed here Carrion Beetle Silphidae in the kitchen, must have comein the open door.We have a few fungi feats in the lawn and rotting branches used for the borders.It is covered in tiny orange babies from underside.Most odd,kids fascinated.Back to the garden for the lot of them- kids included!!! Lincs, England

Ernest DeSchoening		01-Sep-2008 01:04
Great gallery. I'm a writer and needed to identify an insect I had seen and was planning to use in a story. It was a welcome relief (and a sad commentary on our times) to find at least one site featuring beetles. Search engines kept redirecting me to Beatles' photo galleries! It's good to find someone with interests outside pop culture!

Wendy Crozier		20-Jul-2008 17:16
Yesterday, as we were burning slash from cutting firewood in our Tamarack and fir trees, we were attacked by buzz-bombing flying beetles who seemed to congregate in the smoke of the fire...they landed all over us, and their bite was like a hot ember had landed on us. I caught a few, and they are similar to the false metallic bark beetle, but they have light brown spots on the tops of their top set of wings. Haave you seen these? Wendy

Natascha		04-Jun-2008 15:27
I have just found a beetle chomping on my elm tree in the backyard. It is black, a little over 1 and a 1/2 inches long with large, strong mandibles. It had bored into the wood and was chomping its way back out, or so it appeared. I can not seem to match it up to any of the descriptions/pictures I have seen. I live in southeast texas.

Sue		14-May-2008 11:04
We recently came across a beetle in our local village but cannot find a picture of it anywhere. It was about 3cms long,with what looked like a fairly hard brown back, darker at the tip. It had a pointed 'tail'almost a cm long & brown antenna that looked like they had tiny 'hands' on the end! I took a photo on my phone but havent come across a similar picture yet. Any ideas?

ValerieMarie		09-Apr-2008 23:39
I was wondering if anyone could help me identify a beetle I've found in my garden. There was two of them. They looked similar to the Delta Flower Scarab & Leaf beetle, but on each of their backs they had what looked like "white plus signs" & can't seem to find them on any site. Just curious since I've never seen a beetle like this in Arizona before. Thanks!

denbigh gabbitas		09-Apr-2008 10:32
Can anyone recommend a photo gallery of pupae to help me identify one? I've just found a very large pupa in my garden in SE England. It's about 4 cm long and heavy. The tail end in articulated and wriggles in the heat of my hand. There is very little definition in the head end, but the whole thing is relatively smooth - no sticking-out bits like a stag beetle for example. Very dark brown in colour. - Jonathan Bates

Shawna & Archer		01-Oct-2007 20:41
My son and I found the coolest beetle today in Central Florida, where we live. It has a snout like your picture of the tooth-snouted weevel-beetle. But it is large, and spotted similiar to a ladybug. He might have wings. but I can't tell. He falls over onto his back easily, and cant seem to get up. I'm a photographer and would be happy to send you a photo, if you like. Have any idea what he is? Thanks!

Barbara		11-Sep-2007 14:32
Our apartment flooded a few weeks ago, carpets removed with the sub-floor now exposed with many gaping cracks. Hundreds of what initially looked like fleas, started crawling up the walls, ending up on the ceilings, apparently seeking the heat of the lights. They are also in our bedding, seeking heat? They don't seem to be doing anything harmful, but they are freaking us out. Exterminator thinks its a wood beetle. They don't seem to be eating anything that I can see. Any thoughts? Suggestions. I am vaccumming them up 3-4 times/day.

Lindsey		07-Sep-2007 02:38
I was bitten by a beetle today i have no clue what kind, just all black it looked similar to the narrow bark beetle...it left a blister and was more painful than a fireant bite...extremely odd! I actually see them often just have never had a reason to know what kind.

southern bell		02-Sep-2007 09:02
we recently had to take a large water oak down in our yard. the middle was beginning to rot because of damage by hurricane katrina. inside we found a large white/clear larvae, body about one to one and a half inches. we didn't see any legs buy it did have a tail! the tail was much longer than the body. at the end of the tail was another piece a little darker in color about a quarter in long. as the body moved you could see what looked to be individual segments inside that looked like little balls. my grandmother taught and showed me many things about insects. i even had a moderate collection at one time. I have never in my life seen anything like this. Do you have any ideas as to what we found? there was probably more than one hundred of them!

Alyssa Jelle		27-Aug-2007 11:33
I live in Wisconsin and recently just bought a house. It's only four years old but I have been finding these bugs in my bathroom and found like six of them on my bed. They are very small and are flat, with a brownish color, I have noticed two different sizes now. The last on I saw was much bigger then the rest. I don't know if it's the adult or what. I also saw one flying one day. So I now know they fly. That's really all I know about them. But I am wondering how i get rid of them and what kind of bug they are. I think it's some sort of beetle. Your help is appreciated.

alia el Bialy		12-Jul-2007 07:55
I have a problem with pseudocastalia aegyptiaca boring into beams supporting a ceiling. So far, I have not been able to find any information on this beetle on the internet. Is there any effective treatment against it?

Aubree		01-Jul-2007 19:13
We have this Beettle and it's like a chinese beetle but it has yellow stripes on it like a wasp

Tom Murray		30-Apr-2007 02:21
That bug that bit you could be some sort of beetle, or it might be something like a giant water bug. Check out these pics on bugguide (a site I use a lot), and see if that looks close. http://bugguide.net/node/view/12796/bgimage

Guest		30-Apr-2007 01:48
I was recently bitten on the neck or stung by a large black glossy beetle. It had a shiny color almost irradescent. (like oil on water) many different colors shown through the black shell the most noticeble color was green. It seemed to have two sets of jaws, perhaps a set of mandibles and a mouth. It was bigger than my thumb. I was wandering if you could help me indentify it. It was in Mcalester Oklahoma. Thanks. sorry I don't have a picture.

Emma McKenzie		28-Apr-2007 21:04
A beetle has been visiting us for the last few days after our cats brought him home. I'v e attempted to release him several times in safe places but some how he finds his way back into my view! I think he maybe some kind of large feather winged beetle but I have never seen one like him in this country (Wales, U.K.) before. He has damage to his right wing that is prevented flight and he is relatively large. He is approx 3-4cm long and a beautiful magonany colour. He has feather like antennae and a lighter coloured under carriage. I am currently keeping him in a large ventilated box but I don't kmow what to do with him and how long he will live. I don't want to release him as he is damaged and I'm attached to him!

Tom Murray		28-Oct-2006 14:57
It's not easy identifying something from a description without seeing a picture, especially beetles, being the largest order of insects in the world. There are over 300,000 described species worldwide, and over 30,000 in North America.

Danny		28-Oct-2006 07:53
im not a bug person rely but, this morning i saw a beetle and was curious to what it was called. it was around 2 and a half to 3 centimetres in length and was black in colour with electric blue spots near its head. i have looked all over the net to find a picture of it but to no success. was wondering if u could tell me. thanks. Dan

John Amato		21-Oct-2006 15:18
Great gallery!! I see you posting new images all the time. I have to get here much more often. Thank you. "v'

Marjorie McAllister		18-Sep-2006 18:22
I have these tiny bright red beetles that live together in clumps. They seem to eat the pods that fall from tress. I have ahd them since spring, but they are so bad now I cannot even go out on my deck. I have never seen them until this year. Perhaps you can help me with identifing them and a possible way to get rid of them Thanks

Rebecca		27-Aug-2006 15:19
Hello, I have some very small beetles that look like pselaphids but have 5 tarsi on each leg. Any idea of what those could be? They were collected in Southern Georgia.

Guest		16-Aug-2006 14:56
to Roselyn--your bright red beetles are probably Lilocerus lilii, a European introduction!--Blaine (cyberscarab@yahoo.com)

Roselyn Flood		27-Jul-2006 09:37
Hi Tom I have small bright red beetles that have infested my lillies and I cant seem to find out what type they are. I would appreciate any info.

Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik		18-Jul-2006 19:29
Another outstanding gallery! VOTE Sandy

Beta Noob		06-Jun-2006 14:21
Ive got this large beetle as far as i know its not in your gallery its mottled pale yellow-greenish with black background its pretty big i think 1-2 inches.

eldon frye		17-Apr-2006 23:10
tom i have a beetle that my youngest son caught but have no idea what kind of beetle it is. your galleries are great but im not finding this beetle in them. if you could please help me to identify this beetle it would be greatly appreciated. thanks

Vilone		27-Mar-2006 12:57
LOve your beetles gallery!I've learned many kinds & names of this insect species!

Harald Schillhammer		27-Nov-2005 08:57
You are either a professional like me or one of the most knowledgeable laymen I have ever met. As far as my limited knowledge on Nearctic beetles allows - I could not find any ID mistake in these galleries. My compliments. In addition, they are all well captured. Harry

Erich Mangl		26-Nov-2005 13:22
have to come back, impossible to view them all at once

Roland		11-Nov-2005 17:33
Great gallery. These guys have pretty nice colours.

Guy Bruyea		10-Nov-2005 15:25
Excellent Gallery. Keep shooting those coleops!

elias filali		08-Oct-2005 22:48
Fantastic galleries and a beautiful variety of pictures ,you such an inspiration upon all of us keep up the good work ,i look forward for more best regards elias could u please visit my galleries ,ur feed back and expert opinion will be very much appriciated

Pavel Sokolov		24-Aug-2004 02:25
Very interesting! I love the bugs too and shot them from time to time, but in the another side of the world :)

Eric Eaton		25-Jun-2004 01:41
Tom, please consider contacting me ASAP about potentially submitting photos for a new field guide to North American insects. Thank you. bugeric@webtv.net

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