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Olla v-nigrum is a species in the family Coccinellidae ("lady beetles"), in the suborder Polyphaga. [1] [2] The species is known generally as the ashy gray lady beetle. [3] The distribution range of Olla v-nigrum includes Central America, North America, and Oceania. [2] It is usually gray or pale tan with small black spots on its elytra and thorax.
Pelidnota punctata, the grapevine beetle, spotted June beetle or spotted pelidnota, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae (Scarab beetles), subfamily Rutelinae. Grapevine beetles are common in the north and central United States and eastern Canada, but do relatively little damage to their host plants.
Monochamus scutellatus, commonly known as the white-spotted sawyer or spruce sawyer or spruce bug or a hair-eater, [1] is a common wood-boring beetle found throughout North America. [2] It is a species native to North America.
Coccinellidae (/ ˌ k ɒ k s ɪ ˈ n ɛ l ɪ d iː /) [3] is a widespread family of small beetles. They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom; "lady" refers to mother Mary. Entomologists use the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles to avoid confusion with true bugs. The more than 6,000 described ...
Adalia bipunctata, the two-spot ladybird, two-spotted ladybug or two-spotted lady beetle, is a carnivorous [1] beetle of the family Coccinellidae that is found throughout the holarctic region. It is very common in western and central Europe. It is also native to North America but it has heavily declined in many states and provinces.
The sole species, Hylotrupes bajulus, is known by several common names, including house longhorn beetle, old house borer, [1] and European house borer. [2] In South Africa it also is known as the Italian beetle because of infested packing cases that had come from Italy. [ 3 ]
Nicrophorus pustulatus, also known as the pustulated carrion beetle [1] or blistered burying beetle, [2] is a species of burying beetle that was described by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger in 1807. [3] This species is native to North America. [4] N. pustulatus exhibits unique habitat utilization and breeding behaviour relative to other members of ...
This family contains the smallest of all beetles, [3] with a length when fully grown of 0.3–4.0 millimetres (0.01–0.16 in). [2] The weight is approximately 0.4 milligrams. [4] Ptillid wings are feathery due to the much higher effective viscosity of air at small body sizes, which makes normal insect wings much less efficient.