Trichodes
Checkered beetle. California, USA.
Cymatodera tricolor
Checkered beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.
Eleale
Eleale is a large genus of checkered beetles endemic to Australia. Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Tarsostenodes simulator
An Australian checkered beetle. Carisbrook Falls, Victoria, Australia.
Temnoscheila chlorodia
Bbark-gnawing beetle (Trogossitidae). Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Tenebroides
Bark-gnawing beetle. Portal, Arizona, USA.
Peltis pippingskoeldi
Peeling back the bark of an old stump reveals a bark-gnawing beetle. California, USA.
Phycosecis litoralis
A tiny beach beetle navigates sand along an Australian beach. Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.
Astylus atromaculatus
Spotted maize beetle. Argentina.
Carphurus
Appearing at first glance like a rove beetle, Carphurus is actually an unrelated soft-winged flower beetle. Carisbrook Falls, Victoria, Australia.
A soft-winged flower beetle unfurls its hind wings seconds before taking flight. Carisbrook Falls, Victoria, Australia.
Melyridae
Soft-bodied flower beetle. California, USA.
Attalus rufiventris
A soft-winged flower beetle. Some members of this family can be recognized by the fleshy folds on the side of the body above the hindleg. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA.
