Flea Beetles

Flea Beetles

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class: Insecta (Insects) Order: Coleoptera (Beetles) Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles) Superfamily: Chrysomelidae (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles) Family: Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Subfamily: Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles) Tribe: Alticini (Flea Beetles) Flea beetle is a commonly accepted…

Diving Beetles

Diving Beetles

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class: Insecta (Insects) Order: Coleoptera (Beetles) Suborder: Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles) Family: Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles) Predacious Diving Beetles are included in a family of beetles, Dytiscidae, that are adjusted to living in water at any phase of their life cycle. In Greek, the…

Darkling Beetle

Darkling Beetle

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea Family: Tenebrionidae The Darkling beetle is the common name of the family of beetles called Tenebrionidae. The larvae of this beetle are known as Mealworm and it is used as food for fish and birds. In North America, these beetles are…

Click Beetles

Click Beetles

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Superfamily: Elateroidea Family: Elateridae The invertebrates belonging to the Elateridae family are termed “Click Beetles”, or sometimes “Typical Click Beetles” to differentiate them from the other related beetles from the Eucnemidae and Cerophytidae families. The other commonly used terms to refer to this beetle are…

Cucumber Beetles

Cucumber Beetles

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class: Insecta (Insects) Order: Coleoptera (Beetles) Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles) Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles) Family: Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Subfamily: Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles) Tribe: Luperini Subtribe: Diabroticina No Taxon: (Section Diabroticites) Genus:  Acalymma…

Asian Long Horned Beetle

Asian Long Horned Beetle

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Cerambycidae Subfamily: Lamiinae Tribe: Monochamini Genus: Anoplophora Species: A. Glabripennis Binomial name: Anoplophora Glabripennis Anoplophora Glabripennis, commonly known as the Asian long-horned beetle, is a type of beetle from the Cerambycidae family and the Coleoptera order. The other common names of this insect are…

Woodboring Beetle

Woodboring Beetle

You can classify Wood Boring beetles in the following manner. Bark Beetle Bark Beetles that belong to the Scolytidae family are small insects that attain a length of 1/8-¼ of an inch. They can be mainly found in a reddish brown or black shade. Commonly found in any landscape, this beetle can be present in…

What Do Beetles Eat?

What Do Beetles Eat?

Beetles are a group of flying insects that belong to the Coleoptera Order. The name “Coleoptera” is derived from the Greek word “Koleos” which means “sheath” and the word “pteron”, which means “wing”, thus it describes the insect as “sheathed wing”. It is because, most of the species have four wings, out of which, the…

Water Beetle

Water Beetle

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class: Insecta (Insects) Order: Coleoptera (Beetles) Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles) Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea (Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles) Family: Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles) Subfamily: Hydrophilinae Tribe: Hydrophilini Genus: Hydrophilus (Giant Water Scavenger Beetles) Species: Triangularis (Giant Black Water Beetle)…

Weevil Beetle

Weevil Beetle

Citrus Root Weevil Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Cucujiformia Superfamily: Curculionoidea The weevil beetle is from the Curculionoidea Superfamily. These beetles are usually small in size. As compared to other groups, this family has more species. They are also known as “snout beetles”, because of the shape…