North Carolina Beetle Photos

Photographs by Will Cook, mostly taken in North Carolina.

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Coleoptera (Beetles)

Buprestidae
Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora virginiensis) - Granville Co., NC 4/26/09
beetle 7466 - Orange Co., NC 6/15/06
beetle 2297 - Carroll Co., VA 9/23/06

Carabidae
Black Caterpillar Hunter (Calosoma sayi) - Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/15/07.
Fiery Searcher (Calosoma scrutator) - Orange Co., NC 4/15/2012.
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)
Common Shore Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda) - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
Whitish Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera gratiosa) - New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08
Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle (Habroscelimorpha dorsalis) - Carteret Co., NC 7/17/08
Pasimachus marginatus - Richmond Co., NC 4/20/05
Tiger Beetle 5543 - Alleghany Co., NC 4/14/06
Tiger beetle sp. 6278 - Clay Co., NC 5/12/06
Tiger beetle sp. 90469 - New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08
Tiger beetle sp. 90520 - New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08

Cerambycidae
Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus) - Orange Co., NC 6/15/06
Twig Girdler (Oncideres cingulata) - Orange Co., NC 9/12/10

Chrysomelidae
Dogbane Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)
Clavate Tortoise Beetle (Plagiometriona clavata)

Cleridae
Orange-banded Checkered Beetle (Enoclerus ichneumoneus) - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08 - a velvet-ant mimic

Coccinellidae - lady beetles or ladybugs
Lady Beetle - Vance Co., NC 5/20/10

Elateridae
Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus) - Durham Co., NC

Lampyridae - lightning-bugs or fireflies
Lightning-bug (Photinis sp.) - Durham Co., NC 6/21/2009

Lucanidae
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus) - Durham, NC

Lycidae - net-winged beetles
End Band Net-wing (Calopteron terminale) - with orange and black bands - Durham Co., NC 8/24/2013

Meloidae
Blister Beetle (Lytta polita) - Moore Co., NC 3/22/08
Oil Beetle (Meloe sp.) - Alleghany Co., NC 9/25/04.

Passalidae
Bess Beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05

Scarabaeidae
Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida) - Pulaski Co., VA 7/13/07. Commonly called Junebug.
Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata)
Triceratops Beetle (Phileurus truncatus) - Orange Co., NC 9/12/10.
Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica)
Rhinoceros Beetle (Xyloryctes jamaciensis) - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.

Silphidae - Carrion Beetles
American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)

Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles
Crab-like Rove Beetle (Coproporus sp.)

Unidentified
beetle 7619 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7682 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7683 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7733 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7652 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 8385 - Alleghany Co., NC 7/1/06. White stripes, long horns.
beetle 8464 - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.
beetle 8733 - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.
beetle 9372 - Chapel Hill, NC 7/10/06
beetle 9496 - Carroll Co., VA 7/22/06
beetle 9591 - Durham, NC 7/27/06
beetle 5605 - Durham, NC 5/16/07. A long-horned beetle of some sort.
beetle 5944 - Durham, NC 5/21/07. A very-long-horned beetle of some sort.
beetle 7393 - Carroll Co., VA 6/9/07. Big brown buzzy beetle.
beetle 7841 - Durham, NC 6/19/07. Resembles a cricket.
beetle 7897 - Durham, NC 6/19/07
beetle 8710 - Carroll Co., VA 7/4/07. A long-horned beetle.
beetle 8711 - Carroll Co., VA 7/4/07. Same beetle.
beetle 9211 - Carroll Co., VA 7/7/07
beetle 9264 - Carroll Co., VA 7/7/07
beetle 9309 - Durham, NC 7/10/07
beetle 9358 - Durham, NC 7/11/07
beetle 9787 - Carroll Co., VA 7/14/07
beetle 9796 - Carroll Co., VA 7/14/07
beetle 0246 - Orange Co., NC 7/20/07
beetle 00399 - Durham, NC 9/11/07
beetle 00828 - Person Co., NC 9/20/07
beetle 40276 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40279 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40314 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40409 - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
hole-digging beetle - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
hole-digging beetle - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
beetle 40554 - Pender Co., NC 4/19/08
dung beetle 50520 - Granville Co., NC 4/27/08
dung beetle 50537 - Granville Co., NC 4/27/08
beetle 50475 - Granville Co., NC 4/27/08
beetle 70111 - Durham, NC 5/27/08
dung beetle & fly 70732 - Wilkes Co., NC 6/15/08
beetle 80660 - Durham, NC 8/4/08. Nice jaws!
beetle 80690 - Durham, NC 8/4/08. Same individual.
click beetle 80701 - Durham, NC 8/5/08
click beetle 80701 - Durham, NC 8/5/08
beetle 80333 - Durham, NC 7/22/08
beetle 80339 - Durham, NC 7/22/08. Same individual.
click beetle 80328 - Durham, NC 7/22/08
beetle 80385 - Carroll Co., VA 8/2/08
beetle 80403 - Carroll Co., VA 8/2/08
beetle 90280 - Orange Co., NC 8/24/08
click beetle 90348 - Durham, NC 8/29/08
beetle 130688 - Pender Co., NC 4/19/09
beetle 140023 - Durham, NC 4/29/09
beetle 140451 - Carroll Co., VA 5/10/09
beetle 1160632 - Durham, NC 6/8/09
beetle 1170626 - Durham Co., NC 6/21/09
beetle 1170632 - Durham Co., NC 6/21/09
beetle 1170926 - Durham Co., NC 6/27/09
beetle 1180189 - Carroll Co., VA 7/4/09
beetle 1210134 - New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09
beetle 1200915 - Orange Co., NC 8/23/09
beetle 1210649 - Durham, NC 9/24/09
beetle 1210718 - Robeson Co., NC 10/3/09
beetle 1220463 - Orange Co., NC 3/20/10
beetle 1230427 - Greensboro, NC 5/15/10
beetle 1230430 - Greensboro, NC 5/15/10
beetle 1230615 - Carroll Co., VA 5/15/10
beetle 1240037 - Caswell Co., NC 5/21/10
beetle 1240039 - Caswell Co., NC 5/21/10. This dead beetle was clinging to the top of a grass stem. Its brain may have been controlled by a fungus, which made it climb high to better spread spores.
beetles 1280654 - Carroll Co., VA 4/10/11
beetles 1280655 - Carroll Co., VA 4/10/11
beetle 1280694 - Carroll Co., VA 4/10/11
beetles 1300179 - Chatham Co., NC 5/8/11
beetle 1060097 - Madison Co., NC 4/9/12
beetle 1080137 - Watauga Co., NC 7/1/2012
beetle 1080224 - Watauga Co., NC 7/1/2012
beetle 1080272 - Watauga Co., NC 7/1/2012
beetle 1080225 - Watauga Co., NC 7/1/2012
beetle 1080741 - Madison Co., NC 7/27/2012
beetle 1080829 - Madison Co., NC 7/27/2012
beetle 1080861 - Madison Co., NC 7/27/2012
beetle 1090211 - Madison Co., NC 7/27/2012
beetle 1130047 - Carroll Co., VA 7/18/13
beetle 1130052 - Carroll Co., VA 7/18/13
beetle 1130054 - Carroll Co., VA 7/18/13
beetle 1130065 - Carroll Co., VA 7/18/13
beetle 1130074 - Carroll Co., VA 7/18/13
beetle 1130077 - Carroll Co., VA 7/18/13
beetle 1130121 - Carroll Co., VA 7/18/13
beetle 1130340 - Carroll Co., VA 7/19/13
beetle 1130417 - Carroll Co., VA 7/19/13
beetle 1130440 - Durham, NC 7/20/13
beetle 1130578 - Umstead State Park, Wake Co., NC 7/24/2013
beetle 1130625 - Umstead State Park, Wake Co., NC 7/24/2013
beetle 1140190 - Durham Co., NC 8/23/2013
beetle 1140191 - Durham Co., NC 8/23/2013
beetle 1140212 - Durham Co., NC 8/23/2013

Carolina Nature Insect Photos


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