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Beetles

Close up on the head and thorax of a king diving beetle, a large black beetle with yellowish edges to the body

King diving beetle

A male great silver water beetle held between a person's fingers

Great silver water beetle

A golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle resting on a pink flowerhead

Golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle

Cantharis rustica, a black and red soldier beetle with a black, heart-shaped mark on its red pronotum, rests on a grass seedhead

Soldier beetle

A red-breasted carrion beetle, with its distinctive red pronotum, standing on a folded over leaf

Red-breasted carrion beetle

A black snail beetle on a rotten log

Black snail beetle

A shiny green and red rosemary beetle

Rosemary beetle

A black-spotted longhorn beetle resting on a leaf

Black-spotted longhorn beetle

A black-and-yellow longhorn beetle on an oxe-eye daisy

Black-and-yellow longhorn beetle

A glittering green swollen-thighed beetle on a leaf, demonstrating the chunky thighs that earn its name

Swollen-thighed beetle

Tansy beetle

Tansy beetle

Noble chafer beetle

Noble chafer

Violet click beetle

Violet click beetle

Whirligig Beetle

Whirligig beetle

Great Diving Beetle

Great diving beetle

Green Tortoise Beetle

Green tortoise beetle

Bloody-nosed Beetle

Bloody-nosed beetle

Wasp Beetle

Wasp beetle

Musk Beetle

Musk beetle

Deathwatch beetle

Deathwatch beetle

22-spot Ladybird

22-spot ladybird

14-spot Ladybird

14-spot ladybird

Harlequin Ladybird

Harlequin ladybird

Orange Ladybird

Orange ladybird

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot ladybird

Eyed Ladybird

Eyed ladybird

2-spot Ladybird

2-spot ladybird

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

Red-headed cardinal beetle

Glow-worm

Glow-worm

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Common red soldier beetle

Coppery Click Beetle

Coppery click beetle

Rose Chafer

Rose chafer

Common Cockchafer

Common cockchafer

Male minotaur beetle

Minotaur beetle

Rhinoceros Beetle

Rhinoceros beetle

Lesser stag beetle

Lesser stag beetle

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