Species group · Insects

Beetles

WAnimals has 24 species of beetle, spread across 16 families (Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Cicindelidae, Cleridae, Dermestidae, Dytiscidae, Geotrupidae, Gyrinidae, Histeridae, Passalidae, Scarabaeidae, Scolytidae, Silphidae, Staphylinidae).

24 species
16 families
142 countries
389 parks
Weight
34 g – 100 g
Length
0.6 cm – 18 cm
Lifespan
1 – 3 years

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 24.

All 24 species of beetles on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Least Concern

Green Tiger Beetle

Cicindela campestris

39 countries153 parks
Least Concern

Golden Ground Beetle

Carabus auratus

46 countries164 parks
Not Evaluated

Titan Beetle

Titanus giganteus

12 countries27 parks
Not Evaluated

Great Diving Beetle

Dytiscus marginalis

45 countries140 parks
Not Evaluated

Whirligig Beetle

Gyrinus natator

40 countries139 parks
Not Evaluated

European Rhinoceros Beetle

Oryctes nasicornis

54 countries138 parks
Not Evaluated

Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hercules

22 countries73 parks
Not Evaluated

Goliath Beetle

Goliathus goliatus

43 countries37 parks
Not Evaluated

Sacred Scarab

Scarabaeus sacer

62 countries14 parks
Not Evaluated

Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus vespilloides

45 countries167 parks
Not Evaluated

Dung Beetle

Onthophagus taurus

51 countries29 parks
Not Evaluated

Tropical Bess Beetle

Passalus interruptus

3 countries30 parks
Not Evaluated

Bombadier Beetle

Brachinus crepitans

40 countries1 park
Not Evaluated

Colorado Beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

51 countries
Not Evaluated

Dor Beetle

Geotrupes stercorarius

45 countries
Not Evaluated

Unicolour Hister Beetle

Hister unicolor

40 countries
Not Evaluated

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

11 countries
Not Evaluated

Devil's Coach-horse

Ocypus olens

40 countries
Not Evaluated

Bee-eating Beetle

Trichodes apiarius

40 countries
Not Evaluated

Eight-toothed Spruce Bark Beetle

Ips typographus

58 countries
Not Evaluated

Larder Beetle

Dermestes lardarius

6 countries
Not Evaluated

Golden Buprestid

Buprestis aurulenta

2 countries
Not Evaluated

Rainbow Scarab

Phanaeus vindex

2 countries
Not Evaluated

Bessbug

Odontotaenius disjunctus

1 country

Conservation status

22 Not Evaluated2 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

See the global conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 142 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…

  • Its larvae live in vertical burrows up to 25 cm deep.

    From Green Tiger Beetle

  • Its larvae are parasitised by the solitary wasp Methoca ichneumonoides.

    From Green Tiger Beetle

  • It can run at up to 60 cm a second, an exceptional speed for its size.

    From Green Tiger Beetle

  • It can eat its own weight in slugs and snails in just 24 hours.

    From Golden Ground Beetle

  • French farmers historically moved it from field to field for biological pest control.

    From Golden Ground Beetle

  • It cannot fly: its hind wings are vestigial.

    From Golden Ground Beetle

  • It is one of the largest beetles in the world, and its jaws are strong enough to snap a wooden pencil in two.

    From Titan Beetle

  • The adults do not feed: they live off reserves built up during the larval stage and seek only to breed during the few weeks left to them.

    From Titan Beetle

Ecosystems

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