Beetles & Bugs

Coleoptera & Hemiptera recorded in the Lancing area

Species on this page

Beetles > Coleoptera

Dascillus cervinus > Orchid Beetle
Galeruca tanaceti > Leaf Beetle
Lagria hirta > Lagrid Beetle
Cryptocephalus spp. > Leaf Beetle
Lilioceris lilii > Lily Beetle
Phyllobius sp. > Weevil
Geotrupes stercorarius > Dor Beetle
Pterostichus madidus > Ground Beetle
Amphimallon solstitialis > Summer Chafer
Lucanus cervus > Stag Beetle

Ladybirds > Coccinellidae

Adalia bipunctata > 2-spot
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata > 24-spot
Halyzia sedecimguttata > Orange Ladybird
Chilocorus renipustulatus > Kidney-spot
Coccinella 7-punctata > 7-spot
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata > 14-spot
Psyllobora 22-punctata > 22-spot
Harlequin Ladybird > Harmonia axyridis

Flower Beetles & Bugs

Oedemera nobilis > Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Oedemera lurida > False Blister Beetle
Rhagonycha fulva > Soldier Beetle
Palomena prasina > Woundwort Shieldbug
Dolycoris / Halyomorpha > Stink Bug
Philaenus spumarius > Meadow Spittlebug

Polyphaga > Miscellaneous beetles

Dascillus cervinus

Orchid Beetle

June 2024
McIntyres Field, Lancing Ring

Galeruca tanaceti

Tansy Leaf Beetle (probably) > gravid female

01.11.2005
Lancing Ring > close to edge of dewpond

ID: JJW

UK Beetles: Galeruca tanaceti Bioimages

Lagria hirta

Lagrid Beetle

03.07.2005
Garden > on Holly

ID: Darren J. Mann, Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History

UK Beetles: Lagriinae

Cryptocephalus spp. (aureolus / hypochaeridis)

Leaf Beetle

15.05.2005
Mill Hill, Shoreham

ID: Max Barclay, Natural History Museum

UK Beetles: Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis

Lilioceris lilii

Lily Beetle

21.06.2005
Back garden

UK Beetles: Lilioceris lilii Wikipedia: Scarlet Lily Beetle

Phyllobius sp.

Weevil

05.05.2005
McIntyres Field, Lancing Ring

Wikipedia: Phyllobius UK Beetles: Phyllobius pomaceus

Geotrupidae, Carabidae & Scarabaeidae

Geotrupes stercorarius

Common Dor Beetle

UK Beetles: Geotrupes stercorarius

Pterostichus madidus

Ground Beetle

18.06.2004
Lancing Ring

UK Beetles: Pterostichus madidus

>Certainly looks like P. madidus. It has the rounded pronotal angles that near relatives, like melanarius, don't have.> > Don Stenhouse, beetles-britishisles@yahoogroups.com

Pterostichus madidus

Ground Beetle > view from above

Amphimallon solstitialis

Summer Chafer

26.06.2005
Garden

Wikipedia: Amphimallon solstitiale

Amphimallon solstitialis

Summer Chafer

An old and rather battered specimen.

ID confirmed: Dr Gerald Legg, Booth Museum of Natural History

Lucanidae > Stag Beetle

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle > female

13.07.2005

Wikipedia: Lucanus cervus Sussex Biodiversity

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle > female

13.07.2005

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle > female

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle > shell of predated female

14.06.2004

The abdomen has been eaten > probably the work of Magpies.

Maria Fremlin>s Stag Beetle website

Lucanus cervus

Stag Beetle > underside of predated shell

Probably eaten by a Magpie.

Coccinellidae > Ladybirds

Adalia bipunctata

2-spot Ladybird

20.03.2026
Garden

UK Beetles: Adalia bipunctata Wikipedia: Adalia bipunctata

Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata

24-spot Ladybird

05.05.2005
McIntyres Field, Lancing Ring

coleoptera.org.uk

Halyzia sedecimguttata

Orange Ladybird

24.04.2005
Mash Barn Lane

Camera unable to focus > but the species is clear from the orange ground colour and pale spots.

Wikipedia: Halyzia sedecimguttata

Chilocorus renipustulatus

Kidney-spot Ladybird

12.04.2004
Garden

UK Beetles: Chilocorus renipustulatus

Coccinella 7-punctata

7-spot Ladybird

Length: 6mm

Wikipedia: Coccinella septempunctata

Coccinella 7-punctata

7-spot Ladybird

25.03.2005
Lancing Manor Allotments

Coccinella 7-punctata

7-spot Ladybird

07.05.2005
Mash Barn Lane

This beetle's wing was trapped in this open position.

Coccinella 7-punctata

7-spot Ladybird

Mash Barn Lane

Coccinella 7-punctata

7-spot Ladybird

Garden 03.05.2026

Harmonia axyridis

Harlequin Ladybird > larva

07.07.2023

Harmonia axyridis

Harlequin Ladybird > adult

June 2024

An introduced species from Asia, now widespread across Britain. Its larvae and adults compete with native ladybirds and consume their eggs and pupae.

Propylea quattuordecimpunctata

14-spot Ladybird

01.07.2004
Found indoors
Size: 3>4mm

Micro images > UK Beetles: Propylea Wikipedia

Psyllobora 22-punctata

22-spot Ladybird

Size: approx. 4mm

Wikipedia: Psyllobora 22-punctata

Psyllobora 22-punctata

22-spot Ladybird > close-up of head

Psyllobora 22-punctata

22-spot Ladybird

17.07.2023

Psyllobora 22-punctata

22-spot Ladybird

22.08.2023

Oedemeridae & Cantharidae > Flower & Soldier Beetles

Oedemera nobilis

Thick-legged Flower Beetle > female

18.06.2004
Garden

>That>s a female thick-legged flower beetle, Oedemera nobilis, Oedemeridae. They are not uncommon in grassy, flowery places in the South.> > Maxwell Barclay, Natural History Museum

UK Beetles: Oedemera nobilis Male of O. nobilis > Bioimages