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Beetles

Close up on the head and thorax of a king diving beetle, a large black beetle with yellowish edges to the body

King diving beetle

A male great silver water beetle held between a person's fingers

Great silver water beetle

A golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle resting on a pink flowerhead

Golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle

Cantharis rustica, a black and red soldier beetle with a black, heart-shaped mark on its red pronotum, rests on a grass seedhead

Soldier beetle

A red-breasted carrion beetle, with its distinctive red pronotum, standing on a folded over leaf

Red-breasted carrion beetle

A black snail beetle on a rotten log

Black snail beetle

A shiny green and red rosemary beetle

Rosemary beetle

A black-spotted longhorn beetle resting on a leaf

Black-spotted longhorn beetle

A black-and-yellow longhorn beetle on an oxe-eye daisy

Black-and-yellow longhorn beetle

A glittering green swollen-thighed beetle on a leaf, demonstrating the chunky thighs that earn its name

Swollen-thighed beetle

Tansy beetle

Tansy beetle

Wasp Beetle

Wasp beetle

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot ladybird

Musk Beetle

Musk beetle

Rose Chafer

Rose chafer

Deathwatch beetle

Deathwatch beetle

Devil's Coach Horse

Devil's coach horse

14-spot Ladybird

14-spot ladybird

Common Cockchafer

Common cockchafer

Orange Ladybird

Orange ladybird

Glow-worm

Glow-worm

Eyed Ladybird

Eyed ladybird

Harlequin Ladybird

Harlequin ladybird

2-spot Ladybird

2-spot ladybird

Coppery Click Beetle

Coppery click beetle

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

Red-headed cardinal beetle

Common Sexton Beetle

Common sexton beetle

Whirligig Beetle

Whirligig beetle

Violet ground beetle

Violet ground beetle

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Common red soldier beetle

22-spot Ladybird

22-spot ladybird

Rhinoceros Beetle

Rhinoceros beetle

Violet click beetle

Violet click beetle

Stag Beetle

Stag beetle

Male minotaur beetle

Minotaur beetle

Noble chafer beetle

Noble chafer

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