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family Buprestidae  (jewel beetles, 15000 species)
jewel beetle
Paracupta sulcata
(Vanua Levu, Fiji)

family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)
locust borer
Megacyllene robiniae
(USA)
red milkweed beetle
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
(USA)
unidentified
longhorn beetle
(Costa Rica)
unidentified
longhorn beetle
(Costa Rica)
Macrochenus isabellinus
(Vietnam)
Stratioceros princeps
(Vietnam)
unidentified
longhorn beetle
(Krabi, Thailand)

family Chrysomelidae  (leaf beetles, 35000 species)

sub-family Cassidinae  (tortoise beetles)
disturbed
golden tortoise beetle
Metriona bicolor
(Mexico)
unidentified
tortoise beetles mating
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)

sub-family Criocerinae
spotted asparagus beetle
Crioceris duodecimpunctata
(USA)

family Cicindelidae  (tiger beetles, 2100 species)
 bronze tiger beetle
Cicindela repanda
(USA)
 bronze tiger beetle
Cicindela repanda
(USA)
six-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela sexguttata
(USA)
six-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela sexguttata
(USA)
Japanese tiger beetle
Cicindela japonica
(Japan)
blue-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela aurulenta
(Bali, Indonesia)
blue-spotted tiger beetle
Cicindela aurulenta
(Krabi, Thailand)
Cicindela tuberculata
(New Zealand)

family Coccinellidae  (ladybird beetles, 5000 species)
spotless nine-spotted
ladybird beetle
Coccinella novemnotata
franciscana
(USA)
unidentified
ladybird beetle
(USA)
twenty-two spot
ladybird beetle
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
(Russia)

family Curculionidae  (weevils, 60000 species)
green immigrant
leaf weevil
Polydrusus sericeus
(USA)
unidentified weevil
(Costa Rica)
unidentified
giraffe-necked weevil
Trachylophorus sp.
(Vietnam)
unidentified weevil
(Vietnam)
unidentified weevils
mating
(Indonesia)

family Scarabaeidae  (scarabs, 30000 species)

sub-family Dynastidae  (rhinoceros beetles)
male Atlas beetle
Chalcosoma atlas
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)
male 
coconut palm beetle
Xylotrupes gideon
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)
male 
coconut palm beetle
Xylotrupes gideon
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)

sub-family Rutelinae  (shining leaf chafers)
Japanese beetle
Popillia japonica
(USA)
shining leaf beetle
Chrysina boucardi
(Costa Rica)

family Lampyridae  (fireflies, 2000 species)
unidentified firefly
(Vietnam)
unidentified firefly larva
(Vietnam)

family Tenebrionidae  (darkling beetles, 20000 species)
desert skunk beetle
Eleodes armata
(USA)

other beetles
 
unidentified beetle
(USA)
large whirligig beetles
Dineutus sp.
(USA)
family Gyrinidae
(700 species)
desert blister beetle
Lytta magister
(USA)
family Meloidae
(2500 species)
unidentified beetle
(Philippines)

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