Skip to main content

Auxiliary menu

  • Join
  • Events
  • Jobs
  • Contact Us
  • Osprey Webcam

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Flickr
  • Youtube
Home

Main navigation

  • What we do
    • About us
      • How we are run
      • Our Strategy 2030
      • Policies
    • Caring for Wild Places
      • Nature Reserves
      • Living Landscapes
      • Local Wildlife Sites
      • Living Seas
      • Planning Applications and Neighbourhood Plans
      • Charnwood Forest Landscape Partnership Scheme
      • Biodiversity Action Plan
      • Deer Control Holwell Nature Reserve
    • Inspiring People
    • Protecting Wildlife
  • Explore
    (c) David Tipling

    Family bird watching on heathland in summer Suffolk Sandlings - David Tipling/2020VISION

    • Nature Reserves
    • Rutland Water
      • About Rutland Water
      • The History of Rutland Water
      • Lyndon Visitor Centre
      • Volunteer Training Centre
      • Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre
      • Events at Rutland Water
  • Wildlife
    Ospreys

    WildNet - James Rogerson

    • Rutland Ospreys
      • About the Rutland Ospreys
      • Osprey webcam
      • Visiting the Rutland Ospreys
      • Osprey Cruises
      • Osprey Education
    • Species Explorer
    • Habitat Explorer
    • Record local Wildlife
    • How to identify birds of prey
    • Wildlife advice
      • Help a hedgehog
      • Avian Flu
  • Learn and Discover
    family

    People and bluebells - Tom Marshall

    • For Families
    • The Hedgehog Walk 2026
    • Things to do
    • Osprey Education
  • Get Involved
    volunteers

    Seb Hagget

    • Wild about Gardens
      • Wild About Gardens
      • Coronation Gardens For Food and Nature
      • Free resources for schools - helping children to get hands-on with growing their own food
    • Volunteer
      • Volunteer Opportunities
      • Local groups
      • Volunteers Book Club
    • Upcoming events
      • Osprey Cruises
      • Local Group Events
      • Rutland Water Events
    • Businesses
      • Business Partnerships Brochure
      • Our Corporate Partners
      • Wild Work Days
      • Volunteer Training Centre Room Hire
    • Campaign
    • Nextdoor Nature
    • Fundraise for us
      • Take on a Challenge
    • Team Wilder
    • Help wildlife at home
    • Sustainable living tips
    • The Greener Golf group
    • World Osprey Week
  • Support us
    hedgehog in autumn leaves (captive, rescue animal)

    WildNet - Tom Marshall

    • Become a member
      • Family Membership
      • Gift Membership
      • Renew your membership
    • Gifts in Wills
    • Gifts in Memory
    • Fundraise for us
    • Take on a challenge
  • Donate
  • Join

You are here:

  1. Home
  2. Wildlife Explorer
  3. Invertebrates
  4. Beetles

Species

WildNet - Tom Marshall

Beetles

A black oil beetle hanging upside down from a branch. It's a large, plump shiny blue-black beetle with a swollen abdomen and bead-like antennae

Black oil beetle

An acorn weevil, with an incredibly long rostrum, standing on an acorn

Acorn weevil

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

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Common red soldier beetle

Noble chafer beetle

Noble chafer

Glow-worm

Glow-worm

Orange Ladybird

Orange ladybird

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

Red-headed cardinal beetle

Wasp Beetle

Wasp beetle

2-spot Ladybird

2-spot ladybird

Eyed Ladybird

Eyed ladybird

Green Tiger Beetle

Green tiger beetle

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot ladybird

Devil's Coach Horse

Devil's coach horse

14-spot Ladybird

14-spot ladybird

Violet ground beetle

Violet ground beetle

22-spot Ladybird

22-spot ladybird

Common Sexton Beetle

Common sexton beetle

Deathwatch beetle

Deathwatch beetle

Stag Beetle

Stag beetle

Musk Beetle

Musk beetle

Lesser stag beetle

Lesser stag beetle

Bloody-nosed Beetle

Bloody-nosed beetle

Rhinoceros Beetle

Rhinoceros beetle

Green Tortoise Beetle

Green tortoise beetle

Male minotaur beetle

Minotaur beetle

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »
Footer decal

Support us

  • Become a member (https://www.lrwt.org.uk/join)
  • Make a donation (https://www.lrwt.org.uk/donate)

Keep in touch

  • Sign up to our newsletter (https://www.lrwt.org.uk/newsletter)

Policies

  • Privacy Policy (https://www.lrwt.org.uk/policies)
  • Fundraising Promise (https://www.lrwt.org.uk/policies)
Home

Creating a landscape rich in wildlife, valued and enjoyed by all

The Old Mill, 9 Soar Lane, Leicester, LE3 5DE
Tel: 0116 262 9968 
Email: info@lrwt.org.uk

Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust is a registered charity (no. 210531) and a company limited by guarantee (no. 561833)