Beetles / poems list

Beetles cover imageIt may well be that your favourite species is already inhabiting the book, Beetles, wondering what’s keeping you.

Here’s the list of species with their scientific names, in Latin, which are the poems’ titles, together with common names where available.

 


Acrocinus longimanus / Harlequin Beetle

Agelia petali / Jewel Beetle

Agrilus pannonicus

Agriotus obscurus / Click Beetle

Anisodactylus binotatus

Anthrenus museorum / Museum Beetle

Araeocerus fasciculatus / Coffee Bean Weevil

Aromia moschata

Blaps mucronata / Churchyard Beetle

Bostrychoplites cornutus

Brachinus crepitans / Bombardier Beetle

Broscus cephalotes

Bruchus pisorum / Pea Weevil

Buprestis aurulenta / Golden Jewel Beetle

Calandra granaria / Granary Weevil

Callidium violaceum / Violet Tanbark Beetle

Carabus violocens / Violet Ground / Rain Beetle

Cassida equestris / Green Tortoise Beetle

Cassida murraea / Fleabane Tortoise Beetle

Cerambyx cerdo / Great Capricorn Beetle

Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma / Cabbage Gall Weevil

Chiasognathus granti / Darwin’s Stag / Grant’s Beetle

Chrysolina graminis / Tansy Beetle

Cicindela campestris / Green Tiger Beetle

Clytra quadripunctata / Four Spotted Leaf Beetle

Clytus arietis / Wasp Beetle

Codiosoma spadix

Ctesias serra / Cobweb Beetle

Cucujus coccinatus / Flat Bark Beetle

Cylindronotus laevioctrostriatus

Dermestes frischi / Fringed Larder Beetle

Dermestes haemorrhoidalis / Black Larder Beetle

Dermestes maculatus / Hide Beetle

Dorcadion scopoli

Doryphora testudo / Lurid Leaf Beetle

Dytiscus marginalis / Great Diving Beetle

Endomychus coccineus / Scarlet Endomychus / False Ladybird

Epicauta erythrocephala / Blister Beetle

Erotylus incomparabilis / Zigzag Fungus Beetle

Gastrophysa viridula / Green Dock Beetle

Geotrupes stercorarius / Dor Beetle

Glischrochilus quadripunctatus / European Bark Beetle Predator

Granida albolineata

Gymnopholus lichenifer / Lichen Weevil / Plant Bearing Weevil

Gyrinus marinus / Whirligig

Harpalus ruficornis / Strawberry Seed Beetle

Hedobia imperialis / Wood-boring Beetle

Hemisphaerota cyanea / Palmetto Tortoise Beetle

Hippodamia convergens / Convergent Lady Beetle

Hispa atra

Hydrophilus piceus / Great Silver Water Beetle

Hylobius abietis / Large Pine Weevil

Ips typographica / Engraver Beetle

Lasioderma serricorne / Cigar / Cigarette Beetle

Leistostrophus nebulosus

Leptinotarsa decemlineata / Colorado Potato Beetle

Lilioceris lilii / Lily Beetle

Lixus barbiger / Blue Eared Weevil

Lytta vesicatoria / Spanish Fly

Malachius bipustulatus / Green Malachite Beetle

Meloë proscarabaeus / Oil Beetle

Melolontha vulgaris / Maybug / Doodlebug

Mormolyce phyllodes / Violin Beetle

Mylabris oculata / Banded Blister Beetle

Necrophorus americanus / American Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus vespillo / Sexton Beetle

Niptus hololencus

Notiophilus biguttatus

Omophlus lepturoides

Onthophagus ferox / Western Dung Beetle

Oryctes rhinoceros / Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

Paussus turcicus

Phengodes laticollis

Phosphuga atrata / Carrion Beetle

Platypsyllus castoris / Beaver Beetle

Pselaphicus giganteus / Fungus Beetle

Psephenus herricki / Water Penny Beetle

Psyllioides luridipennis / Lundy Flea Beetle

Pyrochroa coccinea / Cardinal Beetle

Pyrophorus noctilucus / Jamaican fire / Headlight Elater Beetle

Rhagium inquisitor / Ribbed Pine Borer Beetle

Rhagonycha fulva / Common Red Soldier Beetle

Scarabaeus sacer / Sacred Scarab Beetle

Serropalpus barbatus

Sitophilus oryzae / Rice Weevil

Staphylinus olens / Devil’s Coach Horse

Stegobium paniceum / Biscuit Beetle

Stenocara gracilipes / Namibian Darkling Beetle

Sternotomis variabilis / Lesser Jewel Longhorn Beetle

Talanthia phalangium / Daddy Longlegs Weevil

Tenebrio molitor / Mealworm Beetle

Tenebrioides mauritanicus / Cadelle Beetle

Tetraopes tetropthalmus / Red Milkweed Beetle

Timarcha tenebricosa / Bloody-nosed Beetle

Trachelophorus giraffa / Giraffe Weevil

Tribolium confusum / Confused Flour Beetle

Trichiotinus rufobrunneus

Trypodendrum lineatus / Striped Ambrosia Beetle

Xestobium rufovillosum / Deathwatch Beetle

Zabrus gibbus


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