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
Lagria hirta
Lagrid Beetle
ID: Darren J. Mann, Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryGeotrupidae, Carabidae & Scarabaeidae
Pterostichus madidus
Ground Beetle
>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
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
Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle > shell of predated female
The abdomen has been eaten >
probably the work of Magpies.
Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle > underside of predated shell
Probably eaten by a Magpie.
Coccinellidae > Ladybirds
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird
Camera unable to focus > but
the species is clear from the orange ground colour and
pale spots.
Coccinella 7-punctata
7-spot Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird > larva
Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird > adult
An introduced species from Asia,
now widespread across Britain. Its larvae and adults
compete with native ladybirds and consume their eggs and
pupae.
Psyllobora 22-punctata
22-spot Ladybird > close-up of head
Oedemeridae & Cantharidae > Flower & Soldier Beetles
Oedemera nobilis
Thick-legged Flower Beetle > female
>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
Oedemera nobilis
Thick-legged Flower Beetle