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Alaus oculatus can reach a length of about 25–45 millimetres (1.0–1.8 in). [ 2] They have an elongated body, black in color throughout. The pronotum exhibits a large oval patch of darker scales, framed in white, on each side - the common name of the beetle derives from this feature. The elytra are striated and mottled with silvery whitish ...
Dynastes tityrus Andrews, 1916 (Lapsus) Dynastes tityus, the eastern Hercules beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the Eastern United States. The adult's elytra are green, gray or tan, with black markings, and the whole animal, including the male's horns, may reach 60 mm (2.4 in) in length. The larvae feed on decaying wood from ...
The boxelder bug ( Boisea trivittata ), also called box bug, maple bug or, inaccurately, box beetle, is a species of true bug native to eastern North America. The western boxelder bug Boisea rubrolineata is a relative of this species and is native to western North America. Boxelder bugs are found primarily on boxelder trees, as well as on maple ...
Plecia nearctica. Hardy, 1940 [ 1] The lovebug ( Plecia nearctica) is a species of march fly found in parts of Central America and the southeastern United States, especially along the Gulf Coast. [ 2] It is also known as the honeymoon fly or double-headed bug. During and after mating, matured pairs remain together, even in flight, for up to ...
Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus Nicrophorus, are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). Burying beetles are true to their name—they bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae ...
Dung beetle. Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. [ 1] Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding chambers.
Eleodes. Eleodes (commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles) is a genus of darkling beetles, in the family Tenebrionidae. [ 1] They are endemic to western North America ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico with many species found along the Mexico-United States border. [ 2] Some species have been introduced to Colombia.
The longhorn beetles ( Cerambycidae ), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers ), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. [ 2] Most species are characterized by antennae as long as or longer than the beetle's body.