INSECT FILES
Site Guide
Site Search
Home Page
Career Page
Insect Files
Shortcut to the main groups of insects and other arthropods...
Bug Rhymes & Poems
Links
Shop
Payments (credit/debit card)
|
Beetle Gallery - Page 6: Other Beetles (cont.) |
Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera |
A selection of beetles found in Britain and Northern Europe . . . . . . |
<<< CONTENTS |
|

Rice Weevil (Sitophilus oryzae, family Curculionidae) length 2-3 mm
In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs
Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL © |

Granary Weevil (Sitophilus granarius, family Curculionidae) length 2-3 mm
In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs
Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL © |
| |

Fur Beetle (Attagenus pellio, family Dermestidae) length 4-6 mm
In houses and stores, living in animal skins,
furs, carpets, old blankets, dry food stuffs, etc. |

Larder or Bacon Beetle (Dermestes lardarius, family Dermestidae) length 7-10 mm
Outside on animal hides and dry carcasses, and
also indoors on meat and other dry animal matter |
| |

Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci, family Dermestidae) length 2-3 mm
In houses and stores, living in animal skins,
furs, carpets, old blankets, dry food stuffs, etc.,
Photo: Joe Doran © |

Mealworm Beetle (Tenebrio molitor, family Tenebrionidae) length 14-17 mm
In or near bird nests, and in houses and stores
where it frequently infests dry food stuffs |
| |

Cellar or Churchyard Beetle (Blaps mucronata, family Tenebrionidae) length 18-25 mm
In houses and stores, living in waste animal
and vegetable matter, and dry food stuffs |

Confused Flour Beetle (Tribolium confusum, family Tenebrionidae) length 2-4 mm
In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs
Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL © |
| |
<<< CONTENTS |
NEXT >>> |
|
MORE ON BEETLES Order Coleoptera
<<< HERE >>> |
|
<<< TOP |
(use the back button on your web browser to return to the previous page) |
TOP >>> |
|