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Heteronychus arator (hetero+onychus = 'variable claw', arator = 'ploughman') is a species of beetle in the subfamily Dynastinae (the rhinoceros beetles). It is commonly called African black beetle or black lawn beetle. [1] It is native to Africa and it is an introduced species in Australia, Norfolk Island and the North Island of New Zealand. [2]
Glischrochilus are oblong shiny black beetles with attractive yellow, red, or orange markings on their elytra.Their elytra are short and expose the upper surface of their last abdominal segments, a good way to distinguish them from the superficially similar but generally larger Megalodacne beetles.
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Melanophila acuminata, known generally as the black fire beetle or fire bug, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in the Caribbean , Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, and Southern Asia.
The shiny black elytra bear two oval red patches and the ventral surface of the beetle is reddish. There are other species of black-with-red-spots lady beetle with which this insect might be confused, these being Axion plagiatum , Chilocorus kuwanae , and Olla v-nigrum , however in Chilocorus orbus , the red patches are nearer the head than ...
Galerucella calmariensis, sometimes Neogalerucella calmariensis, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is commonly known as the black-margined loosestrife beetle and is native to Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) where both adults and larvae feed on purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
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This species is large, with an average length of 14–20 mm. [2] Its pronotum and elytra are distinctively brightly coloured and smooth, with either a red or scarlet colour or shiny black. [2] Compared to the red-headed common cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis), this species is distinct in that its head is black with feathery antennae ...