The Four-Spotted Silphus (Dendroxena quadrimaculata) is an insect in the Silphidae family of carrion beetles and burying beetles. It is a silphid.
The Four-Spotted Silphus has a flattened, oval-shaped, orange-brown body and elytra (wing casings) marked with four black spots. Its scutellum (head) and the centre of the pronotum is black.
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The Common Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae) is a very small insect in the Dermestidae family of carpet beetles. It is also known as the Buffalo Carpet Beetle.
The Common Carpet Beetle has a rounded body and six legs. Its wing cases (elytra) are covered in fine scales with an irregular pattern of brown and yellowish-reddish colours. Its head is black. It has short, clubbed 11-segmented antennae.
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The Solomon Islands Longhorn Beetle (Batocera kibleri) is an insect in the Cerambycidae family of longhorn beetles. It is also known as the Solomon Islands Longicorn.
The Solomon Islands Longhorn Beetle has an elongated brown, mottled body with extremely long, segmented antennae. It varies in size, shape, and colour. It has brown wing cases called elytra. It has two tarsi (similar to toes) at the end of each of its six legs.
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The Giant Click Beetle (Oxynopterus annamensis) is an insect in the Elateridae family of click beetles.
The Giant Click Beetle is black to reddish-brown. The male has distinctive feather-like antennae. The female has thin, toothed antennae. It has a prothorax (front thorax) that is shield-shaped with sharply pointed posteriolateral tips. The elytra (wing cases) are long and smooth, tapering to a point at the tail end. It has wings, but it is not a strong flyer. It has simple, hairless claws on the tarsal segments of its six legs.
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The Polyphylla fullo Beetle (Polyphylla fullo) is an insect in the Scarabaeidae family of scarab beetles.
The Polyphylla fullo has a strong, robust body that is reddish-brown to grey-black covered with white spots. The adult male has fan-shaped antennae with lots of leaf-like structures. The name ‘polyphylla’ means many leaves. It has two wing cases, called elytra, that protect its wings. It can fly for short distances.
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The Violet Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) is an insect in the Scarabaeidae family of beetles. It is a scarab beetle.
The Violet Rose Chafer can be metallic green, bronze, copper, violet, grey, or blue-black. It has a metallic green V-shaped area between its wing cases (elytra), called a scutellum. Its underside is a coppery-brown colour.
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The Velvet Ground Beetle (Graphipterus sp.; possibly Graphipterus ancora or Graphipterus cordiger) is a common insect in the Carabidae family of beetles. It is a carabid.
The Velvet Ground Beetle has velvety brown elytra (wing casings). It has a light-brown body with dark-brown markings. It has long, segmented antennae. It has a head, thorax, and abdomen. It is flightless, even though it has wings. It runs along the ground.
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The Hercules Beetle (Dynastes hercules) is an insect in the Dynastinae family of rhinoceros beetles.
The Hercules Beetle is a long beetle with six legs and elytra (wing cases) that covers its wings. The male has two horns – one on its head and one on its prothorax. The male has a black body with iridescent olive-green elytra. The female is usually all black.
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The Rosemary Beetle (Chryolina americana) is a small insect in the Chrysomelidae family of leaf beetles.
The Rosemary Beetle is metallic, iridescent green with purple-brown stripes on its ridged elytra (wing shields), from its pronotum (neck shield) to its tail. It has short wings hidden underneath the elytra. It can fly, but only for short distances. Most tend to walk. It has six little brown legs. Its body is slightly domed with a rounded tail end. It has round, black eyes. Its antennae are light-brown and look like a string of beads.
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The Golden Ground Beetle (Carabus auratus) is an insect in the Carabidae family of ground beetles.
The Golden Ground Beetle is iridescent gold to golden-brown and green on its head, thorax, and abdomen. It is flightless, even though it has wings. The wings are hidden under the elytra (wing casings). Its legs, antennae, and mouth parts are orange.
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The Green Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) is an insect in the Scarabaeidae family of beetles.
The Green Rose Chafer can be metallic green, bronze, copper, violet, grey, or blue-black. It has a metallic green V-shaped area between its wing cases (elytra), called a scutellum. Its underside is a coppery-brown colour.
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The Pine Ladybird Beetle (Exochomus quadripustulatus) is a small insect in the Coccinellidae family of ladybird beetles and ladybugs. It is a coccinellid beetle. It is also known as the Pine Lady Beetle.
The Pine Ladybird Beetle has black elytra (two wing cases) with two large reddish-orange comma-shaped spots and two smaller red round spots near its tail. Therefore, it has four medium-to-large spots in total. Its shiny body is oval-shaped and slightly domed. Its wings are hidden underneath the wing cases.
It has black compound eyes. Its antennae are light-brown and slightly thickened at the ends. Its neck shield has white spots and usually covers its head. It has little black legs.
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The African Black Beetle (Heteronychus arator) is an insect in the Scarabaeidae family of rhinoceros beetles. It is also known as the African Lawn Beetle.
The African Black Beetle has a shiny, black oval-shaped body with six legs. It has black wing casings called elytra.
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The Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) is a very small insect in the Dermestidae family of carpet beetles.
The Varied Carpet Beetle has a rounded body and six legs. Its wing cases (elytra) are covered in fine scales with an irregular pattern of white, brown and yellowish colours in three wavy bands. It has short, clubbed 11-segmented antennae.
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The Seven-Spot Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) is a small insect in the Coccinellidae family of ladybird beetles and ladybugs. It is a coccinellid beetle. It is also known as the Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle, the Seven-Spotted Ladybug, or the Seven-Spot Ladybug Beetle.
The Seven-Spot Ladybird Beetle has red elytra (two wing cases) with three black spots each and another black spot on the junction of the wing cases (to total 7 spots). Its body is oval-shaped and slightly domed. Its wings are hidden underneath the wing cases. It has black compound eyes. Its antennae are light-brown, quite long, and slightly thickened at the ends. Its neck shield has white spots and usually covers its head. It has little reddish-brown legs.
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The Green Tortoise Beetle (Cassida viridis) is an insect in the Chrysomelidae family of leaf beetles.
The Green Tortoise Beetle has a flat, oval-shaped body. Its thorax (chest) and elytra (wing cases) are green. It has short legs and short, brown antennae. Its underbelly is black.
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The Common Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) is an insect in the Silphidae family of burying beetles.
The Common Sexton Beetle has two orange-yellow bands on it elytra (wing cases or wing covers). The wing cases are square and shorter than its body. It has black legs and short, black antennae.
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The Red Flea Beetle (Sphaeroderma rubidum) is a small insect in the Chrysomelidae family and Neocrepidodera sub-family of flea beetles. It is a chrysomelid. It is also referred to as the Red Altise Beetle or Red Artichoke Beetle.
The Red Flea Beetle is entirely red or rusty-red or orange-red. It has a round domed abdomen (almost circular or globular), with red elytra (wing cases). It has a wide head and large eyes. The pronotum (behind the head) has no grooves. Its six legs are light-red. It has long, thin antennae that are close together. Its hind (back) legs are longer than its front legs, which enables it to hop.
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The Water Scavenger Beetle (Cercyon laminatus) is a very small insect in the Hydrophilidae family of freshwater beetles. It is an hydrophilid.
The Water Scavenger Beetle has a elongatd dark-coloured body, interrupted between the pronotum (head) and elytra (wing cases) – there is a space between the two body parts. It has irregular longitudinal grooves on its wing cases. It has club-shaped antennae.
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The Harlequin Ladybird Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) is a small insect in the Coccinellidae family of beetles. It is a coccinellid beetle. It is also known as the Multicolored Asian Beetle, the Asian Ladybeetle, the Harlequin Ladybug Beetle, or the Halloween Ladybeetle.
The Harlequin Ladybird Beetle has many colours and varieties. It is domed with a smooth, oval-shaped body. It has a head, pronotum, and body with elytra (two wing coverings or cases). Its wings are hidden underneath the wing cases. It is usually red or orange with 0-21 black spots, with a dark underside. Extreme forms have a pattern of orange and white irregular-shaped spots on a black body, with white on its head.
Despite its many colours, it always has six reddish-brown legs. It has black compound eyes. Its antennae are short, light-brown, and slightly thickened at the ends. Its neck shield usually covers the head and has white spots.
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