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Beetles (Coleoptera)


Beetles (coleoptera) Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) Two-spot (Adalia 2-punctata) Seven-spot (Coccinella 7-punctata) Fourteen spot (Propylea 14-punctata) Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) Crepidodera ferruginea Gastrophysa viridula Mint Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina menthastri)* Knotgrass Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina polita)* Phyllodecta vitellinae* Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) Paederus littoralis Ground Beetles (Carabidae) Strawberry Ground Beetle (Pterostichus madidus ) Amara sp. Harpalus sp. Darkling Beetles Yellow Mealworm Beetle (Tenebrio molitor) Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) Musk beetle (Aromia moschata) Snout Beetles or True Weevils (Curculionoidae) Chlorophanus Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) Rhagonycha fulva Melyridae and Malachiidae Malachius bipustulatus Stag Beetles (Lucanidae) Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelapipedus)* Oil beetles and blister beetles (Meloidae) Meloe rugosus Scarabaeidae Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) Scirtidae Scirtes hemisphaericus	Gastrophysa viridula, a leaf beetle (24 April 2005) Meloe rugosus, an oil beetle. This Nationally Rare species was found and photographed near Thrupp Lake. 15mm. (14 April 2006)*

Two-spot ladybird (30 May 2005)	Fourteen spot ladybird (15 May 2005)*

Seven-spot ladybird (30 May 2005)*	Musk beetle on cranesbill (30 May 2005)

Amara sp., a ground beetle (27 May 2005)	Amara sp., a ground beetle (27 May 2005)


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