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, Melissa Chernick, Pat Coin, Paul Kinman, and Steve Spomer.

Beetles (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera)

Click Beetles (Elateridae)

Click Beetles NEW! 6 Apr 2008

Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)

Ladybird Beetles NEW! 1 June 2008

Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae)

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetles (Labidomera spp.) NEW! 24 July 2008
Phyllotreta flea beetles (Phyllotreta spp.) NEW! 29 June 2008
Larger Elm Leaf Beetle (Monocesta coryli)
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)

Dung Beetles (Melanocanthon spp.) NEW! 11 Oct 2008
Delta Flower Scarab (Trigonopeltastes) NEW! 14 Aug 2008
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

Snout Beetles, Weevils (Curculionidae)

Leaf-rolling Weevil (Homoeolabus analis) NEW! 25 July 2008
Small black weevil on Queen Anne's Lace - Orange Co., NC 18 June 2008
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