Cucumber Beetles

Cucumber Beetles

ByRandy Jones

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class: Insecta (Insects) Order: Coleoptera (Beetles) Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles) Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles) Family: Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Subfamily: Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles) Tribe: Luperini Subtribe: Diabroticina No Taxon: (Section Diabroticites) Genus:  Acalymma…

Carpet Beetle

Carpet Beetles

ByRandy Jones

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Dermestidae Genus: Anthrenus Subgenus: incertae sedis Species: A. Verbasci Binomial name: Anthrenus verbasci Carpet beetles are highly critical to upholstery and carpets. These beetles are little beetles of the order Dermestidae. Carpet beetles are also known as leather or hide beetles, Khapra beetles, or…

Carrion Beetle

Carrion Beetle

ByRandy Jones

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Adephaga (Unranked): Geadephaga Superfamily: Caraboidea Family: Carabidae The beetles of the Silphidae family are commonly referred to as Carrion beetles, Burying beetles, or Large Carrion beetles. This family consists of two subfamilies, namely, Nicrophorinae and Silphinae. The members belonging to the Nicrophorinae group are…

Boll Weevil Monument

Boll Weevil Song

ByRandy Jones

The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama. The song “Boll Weevil” belongs to the traditional blues genre category. The other synonyms for this song are “Boll Weevil Blues” and “Boweavil”. Many blues musicians during the period of 1920s, 30s, and 40s created several masterpiece songs on boll weevils, but this particular song hit the list….

Carpet Beetle Larva

Carpet Beetle Larva

ByRandy Jones

Larvae of the Carpet Beetle   Carpet beetles undergo complete metamorphosis. In length, the life cycle of these beetles ranges from two months to many years. The life cycle of these beetles starts when the adult female beetles lay their eggs. They can lay their eggs indoors and also infest the mice, nests of birds,…

Blister Beetle

Blister Beetle

ByRandy Jones

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Cucujiformia Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea Family: Meloidae Blister beetles are a member of the family Meloidae. They are known for their defensive secretion of Canthraidin a blistering agent. This Cantharidin is a very harmful agent to human beings, as well as to horses. In…

Boll Weevil

Boll Weevil

ByRandy Jones

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Curculionidae Subfamily: Curculioninae Tribe: Anthonomini Genus: Anthonomus Species: A. Grandis Binomial name: Anthonomus Grandis The Boll weevil beetle is scientifically named Anthonomus Grandis, and it feeds on flowers and cotton buds. It is supposed to be endemic to Central America. Late 19th century, it…

Black Ladybug
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Black Ladybug

ByRandy Jones

Twice-Stabbed Lady Beetle, commonly termed Chilocorus Stigma, is endemic to the United States, as well as Canada, but is not commonly seen in the western parts of the Sierra Nevada. The population of this beetle is more in areas of California. It has been taken purposefully and introduced in the Hawaii region and has also…

Black Wine Weevil

Black Wine Weevils

ByRandy Jones

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Curculionidae Subfamily: Entiminae Tribe: Otiorhynchini Genus: Otiorhynchus Species: O. Sulcatus Binomial name: Otiorhynchus Sulcatus Otiorhynchus Sulcatus is the biological name of the commonly referred to as Black Vine Weevil. It is considered a pest beetle because it damages many garden plant species. Being a…

Black Carpet Beetle

Black Carpet Beetles

ByRandy Jones

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Dermestidae Genus: Attagenus Species: A. Unicolor Binomial name: Attagenus unicolor In the United States, the Black Carpet beetle is the most destructive species. It is found throughout Mexico, the United States, and Canada. It is common in Pennsylvania. This beetle damages household products which…

Beetle

Beetle Identification

ByRandy Jones

Beetles, the flying insects, commonly found on almost every continent, can be described as an invertebrate with hard and strong exoskeletons and rigid fore-wings. Like, every other insect, the body of a beetle is also segmented into three portions, the head, the abdomen, and the thorax. Other than that, these insects also have six legs,…

Asian Long Horned Beetle

Asian Long Horned Beetle

ByRandy Jones

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Cerambycidae Subfamily: Lamiinae Tribe: Monochamini Genus: Anoplophora Species: A. Glabripennis Binomial name: Anoplophora Glabripennis Anoplophora Glabripennis, commonly known as the Asian long-horned beetle, is a type of beetle from the Cerambycidae family and the Coleoptera order. The other common names of this insect are…