I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this. The pronotum here is yellowish with a black shiny mark in the middle. The head, thorax and abdomen look like their all glued together giving this the appearance of not having distinctive body parts. It was difficult to get any photos of its head, which was for the most part buried deep in these flowers. Adult wasp beetles are excellent pollinators and can be seen from May to July on flowers in woods and hedgerows. Learn about protected invertebrate species and licensing. A relatively small species as click beetles go. The only book I can find on them, says they are "spiny processes", which is a lovely expression, but unfortunately doesn't enlightenment me terribly. Perhaps someone can enlighten me as to why that may be. More interesting is that I found this in Edinburgh, whereas the official maps show these dotted around the West of Scotland only. These beetles can often have a metallic greenish sheen to them, which is a little more obvious from the photo on the right. The abdomen is segmented and they also seem to have these tufts of hair protruding from their rear ends. One of my favourite photos as you can see the dor beetle's clubbed antennae, its gooved elytron (wing case), the metallic bluish tinge to it and the drops of rain on it quite clearly. I couldn't identify it for ages and I thought it was probably some sort of caterpillar. It didn't stop moving, making it difficult to get a sharp photo of it. Red Breasted Carrion Beetle or Burying Beetle (. The legs are always partially red. While the odd individual one isn’t a problem, large numbers of … The largest and most famous rove beetle is a very large, black and fearsome looking beetle - the so-called 'Devil's Coach Horse' which I have never found in years of searching despite it apparently being one of the most common, well-known and recognisable of all insects! I do not know if the photos of the weevil with the 'cocoon' is its own cocoon from which it has just emerged, or has nothing to do with the weevil. It is also known as the grey sailor beetle. They feed on human blood & are very difficult to control as they spread quickly. It took quite some time to try and identify this  weevil as there are a number of very similar looking weevils. It is not harmful to human beings but deadly to small and black insects with the hard shell in-house. Its larvae live in vertical tunnels in the soil with their jaws at the surface waiting for prey (see photo below for larvae holes). Although it has no sting, it can give a painful bite with its strong pincer-like jaws. Coleoptera. They are known as soldier beetles because they look like they’re wearing the old-fashioned soldier’s uniform (you may have to squint pretty hard to see this) . Asian beetles are native to Asia, hence their name, and can be found in China, Russia, Korea and Japan. These bugs are mostly brown, but have a bright yellow scutellum (the yellow triangle), a yellow ring around its 'neck' and two yellow patches at the bottom of its wings. There are far more beetles outdoors, so that’s a good place to start. Willow Leaf Beetle  (adult, mating, pregnant(?) If you look closely, you can see its large flattened eyes on top of its head. Apart from their black color, you can identify black beetles by their hard … There are a few species of whirligig beetle in the UK, but as this is by far the most common, I think it's most likely to be this species. Unfortunately I only got a brief moment to photograph these weevils, but boy did they take my breath away! Adult powder-post beetles are generally 4-5 mm long and range in colour from light brown to reddish-brown. I absolutely love these. These beetles look rather flattened and their elytra (wing cases) are clearly pitted. Can anyone help me with this? Black Beetles Identification. All these flowers had these little brown beetles on them and often two, three or four of them on the same flower head. This does not look at all comfortable for the poor wee thing. And I don't know if it's just a coincidence, but each time I have seen one of these, they've been dangling precariously at the very tips of a tall plant. Another one of my favourites – an absolutely stunning insect – with a penchant for leopard print! This soldier beetle does, however have the distinctive black thighs of this species and an angled black spot, rather than a rounded one. Soldier beetles with black bodies are often referred to as sailor beetles. In fact, it has only recently been found in Scotland at all. I confess that I didn't make much of an effort to get a good photo of this as, firstly, it was moving far too quickly and secondly,  I thought it was some sort of strange woodlouse or other non-insect arthropod because it had so many 'legs'. We use cookies to provide you with a better service. It was really tricky trying to identify this, but I think it's a pill beetle of some sort. The markings are fairly distinctive with these dotted lines and the 'honey stick' shaped antennae. Anyway, it's obviously bright red and has what looks like 5 strange dark smudges indented into its pronotum (the bit behind the head). The Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) of Ayrshire, Scotland Lisa Webb. And I have often found these vine beetles on my walls at home. Most larvae leave behind brown, shell-like cast skins when moulting. This beetle was found dead on a tennis court I was playing on, although I put it on a leaf to make it look a little more authentic. A beetle that is not too dissimilar to the longhorn beetle above, but his beetle is more of a cream/pale-yellow colour than the bright yellow above. The rest of the body is dark brown/black. Maybe that's what causes it to swim around incessantly like a maniac. But it was fairly hard to track this one down and there seems to be very little about it in the UK books or websites. Continue browsing if you consent to this, or view our Cookie Policy. Appearance What Do They Look Like? The pronotum (the bit behind the head) is a lovely metallic green and the wing cases are this brown colour, although they can also be bright red. This rove beetle has large bulging eyes and a pitted thorax and abdomen. These nocturnal insects are silverfish and like to live in damp areas in the house. 6. And true enough, every time you see them they’re at it, copulating like crazy, often in their hundreds, although by the look on the faces of Barbie and Ken in the middle there, they don’t much like being photographed. Whilst most soldier beetles have a distinctive pronotum with a dark-coloured spot in the middle of it (see photos below), this beetle's pronotum is all a shiny black as it its head. [1] This is a list of common household pests – undesired animals that have a history of living, invading, causing damage, eating human foods, acting as disease … The first field populations in the United States were found in (Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow West End). Perhaps this is so that it is hydronamic as this is a carnivous beetle which hunts small aquatic creatures both in and on top of the water. Hide beetles. Asian lady beetles are known to dwell in trees and fields and they prey on aphids (a minute bug that feeds by sucking sap from plants and causes massive damage to crops) and scale insects. As you can see, the elytra are shorter than the abodomen and are tipped yellow, making this small soldier beetle quite distinctive. for helping me to identify this beetle almost quicker than I could upload it to their site. Some species in Scotland are of special conservation concern. 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