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A beetle that mostly feeds on plants. Its larva is heavily spined.

Tortoise Beetle

A beetle that mostly feeds on plants. Its larva is heavily spined.

"The typographic beetle recieves it's name... from the circumstance that the burrows formed by it in feeding upon the soft wood, immediately within the bark, oten present a rude resemblence to printed characters." &mdash Goodrich, 1859

Typograhic Beetle

"The typographic beetle recieves it's name... from the circumstance that the burrows formed by it in…

Vedalia Cardinalis, larva.

Vedalia Lady Beetle

Vedalia Cardinalis, larva.

Vedalia Cardinalis, larva.

Vedalia Lady Beetle

Vedalia Cardinalis, larva.

Vedalia Cardinalis, pupa.

Vedalia Lady Beetle

Vedalia Cardinalis, pupa.

Vedalia Cardinalis, adult.

Vedalia Lady Beetle

Vedalia Cardinalis, adult.

"Water Beetles are beetles which live on or in the water. The Dytiscus, common in stagnant water, is olive-green above, and oval in shape. The respiratory organs of the perfect insect are not adapted to obaining air from the water; it comes occasionally to the surface of the water for air, where it lies on its back, the openings of its air tubes in the last segment of the abdomen, being exposed."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Water Beetle

"Water Beetles are beetles which live on or in the water. The Dytiscus, common in stagnant water, is…

Water beetles carry air bubbles under their abdomens, which provides an air supply. Water beetle larvae dwell at the bottom of ponds.

Water Beetle Larva

Water beetles carry air bubbles under their abdomens, which provides an air supply. Water beetle larvae…

A water-scavenger, Hydrophilus triangularis species; the larva.

Water Scavenger Beetle

A water-scavenger, Hydrophilus triangularis species; the larva.

A water-scavenger, Hydrophilus triangularis species; male adult.

Water Scavenger Beetle

A water-scavenger, Hydrophilus triangularis species; male adult.

The whirligig beetles are a family (Gyrinidae) of water beetles that normally live on the surface of the water. They get their common name from their habit of swimming rapidly in circles when alarmed, and are also notable for their divided eyes which can see both above and below water.

Whirligig Beetle Larva

The whirligig beetles are a family (Gyrinidae) of water beetles that normally live on the surface of…

A group of beetles known for being preditors. They have bulging eyes and slender legs.

Wood Tiger Beetle

A group of beetles known for being preditors. They have bulging eyes and slender legs.

"The largest European species of beetle an adult male sometimes reaching an length of over two inches, and having mandibles about one inch long, which bear some resemblence to the antlers of a stag."—Finley, 1917

Stag Beetle

"The largest European species of beetle an adult male sometimes reaching an length of over two inches,…