It 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