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Beetles (Coleoptera)

Beetles (Coleoptera)

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Beetles (Coleoptera)

Click beetles (Elateridae)
Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
Carab beetles (Carabidae)
Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
Lady beetles (Coccinellidae)
Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Stag beetles (Lucanidae)
Water beetles (several families)
Weevils (Curculionoidea)
Other beetles
Checkered Beetles (Cleridae)
Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)

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Discussion

kasiaaus wrote:
6 Feb 2025
Thank you Clare. It is good to know that you agree. I never trust my own judgement.
Unidentified Lady beetle (Coccinellidae)
living wrote:
6 Feb 2025
Ptinidae, Dorcatomini
Unidentified Beetle (Coleoptera)
kasiaaus wrote:
6 Feb 2025
Thank you Clare
Rhyzobius lophanthae
clarehoneydove wrote:
6 Feb 2025
https://interestinginsects.landcareresearch.co.nz/taxa/ccd7bff7-0197-4b26-9418-3ebb00c35122

And the image in this paper matches

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274194847_Rhyzobius_forestieri_Mulsant_1853_Coccinellidae_an_Australian_ladybird_new_to_Britain_from_the_Wildlife_Garden_of_the_Natural_History_Museum_London
Unidentified Lady beetle (Coccinellidae)
clarehoneydove wrote:
6 Feb 2025
Looks like it

https://bugguide.net/node/view/443611
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/272002-Rhyzobius-lophanthae
Rhyzobius lophanthae

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