Jeff's Beetle Photo Page

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Nature Pages

Thanks to many folks who have helped me ID some of the creatures on this page, including Giff Beaton, Matt Brust, Chris Carlton, Pat Coin, Paul Kinman, and Steve Spomer.

Beetles (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera)

Ground Beetles (Carabidae)

Bembidion ground beetles NEW! 3 June 2008
Pterostichus ground beetles NEW! 30 May 2008
perhaps Calosoma sp ground beetle
Pasimachus spp
False Bombardier Beetle (Galerita bicolor) - Scotland Co., NC 18 Feb 2007

Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae)

Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae) NEW! 19 June 2008

Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae)

Rustic Borer (Xylotrechus colonus)
Unidentified longhorn beetle - Durham Co., NC 3/23/2007
Round-headed Apple Tree Borer (Saperda candida) - Watauga Co., NC 26 July 06
Flower Longhorn Beetles (Typocerus spp.)
Milkweed Beetles (Tetraopes spp.)
Elderberry Borer (Desmocerus palliatus) - Buncombe Co., NC 26 Jun 04

Click Beetles (Elateridae)

Click Beetles NEW! 6 Apr 2008

Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)

Ladybird Beetles NEW! 1 June 2008

Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae)

Phyllotreta flea beetles (Phyllotreta spp.) NEW! 29 June 2008
Larger Elm Leaf Beetle (Monocesta coryli) NEW! 21 June 2008
Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) | Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) - Caswell Co., NC 17 Jun 06
Dogbane Beetles (Chrysochus auranticus)
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetles (mating pair) - Johnston Co., NC 29 May 05
Donacia sp. | Donacia sp. - Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006

Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae)

Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata) - Durham Co., NC 29 July 06
Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica) | Japanese Beetles (Popillia japonica) - Caswell Co., NC 17 Jun 06
Hairy Flower Beetle (Trichiotinus sp.) - lateral | Hairy Flower Beetle (Trichiotinus piger) - dorsal - Caswell Co., NC 17 Jun 06
Dark Hoplia (Hoplia trivialis) - 1 | Dark Hoplia (Hoplia trivialis) - 2 - Orange Co., NC 31 Mar 05

Bess Beetles (Passalidae)

Bess Beetle, Horned Passalus NEW! 8 Apr 2008

Snout Beetles, Weevils (Curculionidae)

Tiny striped weevil on Balduina uniflora - Craven Co., NC 27 Aug 06
Probably a Milkweed Stem Weevil (Rhyssematus lineaticollis) - Orange Co., NC 7 Jun 06

Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae)

Spotted Flower Buprestids (Acmaeodera spp.) UPDATED! 2 June 2008
Striated Borer (Buprestis striata.)
Unidentified Metallic Wood-boring Beetle (Buprestidae) - Orange Co., NC 15 Jun 06

Blister Beetles (Meloidae)

Blister Beetles (Epicauta spp.)

Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae)

Unidentifed Rove Beetle - Alleghany Co., NC 1 Jul 06

Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae)

Leatherwings, Goldenrod Soldier Beetles (Chauliognathus spp.) Updated! 2 June 2008
Podabrus Soldier Beetles (Podabrus spp.) Updated! 21 June 2008

Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)

American Carrion Beetles (Necrophila americana) on a dead shrew - Craven Co., NC 12 Apr 06

Tiger Beetles (Cicindelidae)

Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela duodecimguttata)
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle (Cicindela longilabris)
Autumn Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nigrior)
Sidewalk Tiger Beetle, Punctured Tiger Beetle (Cicindela punctulata)
Common Shore Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda) Updated!! 21 June 2008
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)
Splendid Tiger Beetle (Cicindela splendida)
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica)

Unidentified Beetles

To be added as they come along...

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Created on ... May 17, 2004 | jspippen@duke.edu