Beetles

Brown hairstreak butterfly at Alners Gorse, Dorset, UK. © Megan Shersby

Insects & Invertebrates

What’s the insect equivalent of blood?

Female glow worm. © Ian Redding/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Do street lights interfere with glow-worms?

The Beatles (l to r) Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison show off their MBE medals after their investiture at Buckingham Palace. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis/Getty

New beetle species named after The Beatles

ockchafer (melolontha melolontha) ©Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Cockchafer guide: how to identify and where to see

Male stag beetle in hand. © Aimi MacInnes

Insects & Invertebrates

Stag beetle guide: how to identify, and how to help them in your garden

Short-necked oil beetle. © Annie Haycock

One of the UK’s rarest oil beetles found in Wales

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Running a beetle recording scheme

Harlequin ladybirds emerging on a sunny spring day in the UK. © Ian Redding/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Truth or fiction: we should be scared of harlequin ladybirds

Adult tansy beetle at WWT Welney © Andy Brown

Endangered beetle recorded in a new county

A dor beetle, one of the dung beetle species in the UK, on horse faeces. © Arterra/UIG/Getty

Dung beetle populations are being killed off by cattle medication

The Common sexton beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides in Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire. © FLPA/Dave Pressland/Getty

Identify Wildlife

Discover 8 carrion beetles you should look out for

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Insects & Invertebrates

Why are ladybirds so pattern variable?

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Why did this tiny beetle make an Oxford scientist swear?

All illustrations by Felicity Rose Cole

Identify Wildlife

How to identify longhorn beetles