![click to enlarge beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle-3682_edited.jpg)
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Galeruca
tanaceti
Leaf Beetle
(probably)
1.11.2005
Lancing Ring, close to edge of dewpond.
Gravid female
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/galeruca-tanaceti
ID provided by JJW
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Bioimages link
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![click to enlarge beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle-1607.jpg)
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Lagria
hirta
3.7.2005
Garden -
Holly
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/lagriinae
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Google
Image links
ID by Darren J. Mann
Curatorial Officer
Hope Entomological Collections
Oxford University Museum of
Natural History |
![click to enlarge Mint Beetle ?](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle-0436.jpg)
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Cryptocephalus
spp.
(aureolus / hypochaeridis)
Mill Hill, Shoreham
15.5.2005
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/cryptocephalus-hypochaeridis
ID Max Barclay
:m.barclay@nhm.ac.uk
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![click to enlarge Lily Beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle-1300.jpg)
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Lilioceris lilii
Lily Beetle
21.6.2005
Back Garden
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/lilioceris-lillii
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_lily_beetle
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![click to enlarge Weevil](natimages/insects/beetle/weevil-0253.jpg)
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Phyllobius sp.
Weevil
McIntyres Field, Lancing Ring
5.5.2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllobius
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/phyllobius-pomaceus
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![24 spot](natimages/insects/beetle/24spot0264.jpg)
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Subcoccinella
vigintiquattuorpunctata
24 Spot Ladybird
McIntyres Field, Lancing Ring
5.5.2005
https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/
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![Orange Ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/orange1616.jpg)
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Halyzia
sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird
Mash Barn Lane
24.4.2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halyzia_sedecimguttata
Link to
Bioimages
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Notes: camera unable to focus
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![Kidney spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/2spot8576.jpg)
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Scientific:Chilocorus
renipustulatus
English: Kidney-Spot Ladybird
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/chilocorus-renipustulatus
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Notes:recorded 12.4.04
where : garden
links: David
Element
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/chilocorus-renipustulatus
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Coccinella 7-punctata
7 spot ladybird
Length: 6 mm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinella_septempunctata
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![7 spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/7spot-1122.jpg)
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Seven Spot
Ladybird
Lancing Manor Allotments
25.3.2005
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![click to enlarge 7 spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/7spot-0288.jpg)
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Coccinella 7-punctata
7 Spot Ladybird
Mash Barn Lane
7.5.2005
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This beetles's wing
was trapped in this position.
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![click to enlarge 7 spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/7spot-0289.jpg)
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Coccinella 7-punctata
7 Spot Ladybird
Mash Barn Lane
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![Ladybird larva](natimages/insects/beetle/IMG_202306Ladybird_larva_b.jpg)
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Harlequin Ladybird Larva
07.07.23
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![click to enlarge 14 spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/14-ladyb4.jpg)
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14 spot Ladybird
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
size : about 3-4 mm
recorded: 1.7.04
Site : in House
Link to Micro images
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/propylea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylea_quatuordecimpunctata
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![click to enlarge 22 spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/22-lbird3.jpg)
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Scientific:Psyllobora
22-punctata
Common: 22 Spot Ladybird
size: about 4 mm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyllobora_vigintiduopunctata
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![micro 22 spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/lbird22qx1.jpg)
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Psyllobora
22-punctata
22 Spot Ladybird
Close up of Head
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![click to enlarge 22 spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/22spot-360px.jpg)
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Psyllobora
22-punctata
22 Spot Ladybird
17.07.2023
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![22 spot ladybird](natimages/insects/beetle/IMG_3899_22Spotladybird.a.jpg)
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Psyllobora
22-punctata
22 Spot Ladybird
22.08.2023
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![click to enlarge Dor Beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle-26941.JPG)
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Geotrupes
stercorarius
Common Dor Beetle
Link to UK
Safari
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/geotrupes-stercorarius
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Pterostichus
madidus
Ground Beetle
recorded: 18.6.04
Site : Lancing Ring
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/pterostichus-madidus
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Notes:
"Certainly looks like P.madidus. It has the rounded pronotal angles that near relatives, like melanarius, don’t have. " ID by Don Stenhouse on beetles-britishisles@yahoogroups.com
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![click to enlarge ground beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle-9083.jpg)
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View from above
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![click to enlarge summer chafer](natimages/insects/beetle/chafer-023.jpg)
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Amphimallon
solstitialis
Summer
Chafer
26.6.2005
Garden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphimallon_solstitiale
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![Summer Chafer Beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle2633.jpg)
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Amphimallon
solstitialis
Summer
Chafer |
Notes: ID confirmed by Dr Gerald Legg
Booth
Museum Natural History
This specimen is apparently an old and rather battered example.
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![click to enlarge Stag Beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/stag-1924.jpg)
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Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle ( Female)
13.7.2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanus_cervus
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![click to enlarge Stag Beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/stag-1927.jpg)
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Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle ( Female)
13.7.2005 |
![Stag beetle - female](natimages/insects/stagb4683.jpg)
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:Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle ( Female)
Link to Sussex
Biodiversity
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![click to enlarge Stag Beetle - female shell case](natimages/insects/beetle/stag-9065.jpg)
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Lucanus
cervus
Stag Beetle
recorded : 14.6.04
Notes: Shell of female that has been predated.
The abdomen has been eaten, it is probably the work of Magpies
see Maria Fremlin's Stag Beetle
Web site
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![stag beetle husk](natimages/insects/beetle/stag-9064.jpg)
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Lucanus
cervus
underside
Probably eaten by a Magpie
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Oedemera
nobilis
Thick Legged Flower Beetle
Recorded: 18.6.04
Site:Garden
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/oedemera-nobilis
ID confirmed by Maxwell Barclay "That's a female thick legged flower beetle, Oedemera nobilis Oedemeridae. They are not uncommon in grassy flowery places in the South".
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Link: Male of O.nobilis
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![click to enlarge Flower Beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle-1401.jpg)
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Oedemera
nobilis
Thick Legged Flower Beetle
Male
recorded: 24.6.05
Front garden, Home
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![Thick legged flower beetle male](natimages/insects/beetle/thickleg9116.jpg)
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Oedemera
nobilis
Thick Legged Flower Beetle
Male
recorded:22.6.04
site: Malthouse Meadow, Sompting
Link: Beetle on Thistle
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![Thick-legged flower beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/IMG_3710c.jpg)
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Oedemera
nobilis
Thick Legged Flower Beetle
18.06.23
Garden
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![click to enlarge Soldier beetles](natimages/insects/beetle/beetle-1619.jpg)
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Rhagonycha
fulva
Common red soldier beetle
5.7.2005
Malthouse Meadow, Sompting
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![click to enlarge Red Soldier beetle](natimages/insects/beetle/soldier-9123.jpg)
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Rhagonycha
fulva
Common red soldier beetle
recorded 22.6.04
site: Malthouse Meadow, Sompting.
Note: Beetle is climbing on Cirsium arvense
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