Trichodes

Checkered beetle. California, USA.

Cymatodera tricolor

Checkered beetle. Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA.

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

A tiny beach beetle navigates sand along an Australian beach. Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.

Astylus atromaculatus

Spotted maize beetle. Argentina.

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.