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A guide to the families and major subfamilies. Vol 4 Pt 1a 2019 Peter M. Hammond, Jane E. Marshall, Michael L. Cox, Leslie Jessop, Beulah H. Garner & Maxwell V.L. Barclay 280 The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland 1st Vol 4 Pt 2 1974 Lindroth, C.H 148 The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland 2nd Vol 4 Pt 2 2007 Luff, M.
O. surinamensis is a slender, dark brown beetle 2.4–3 mm in size, with characteristic "teeth" running down the side of the prothorax. [4] It is nearly identical to Oryzaephilus mercator, or the Merchant Grain Beetle, [2] however, O. surinamensis has smaller eyes and a broader, more triangular head; [2] O. surinamensis unlike O. mercator are unable to fly.
Volume one (xxviii + 622 pages) consists of the text (largely a set of identification keys, with brief status notes for each species). Volume two (194 pages) contains 2040 line-drawings of whole beetles and features referred to in the keys (390 of these were taken from Spry and Shuckard's 1840 publication The British Coleoptera Delineated but the remainder were drawn by Joy).
Meloe is a genus of blister beetles commonly referred to as oil beetles. [1] The name derives from their defensive strategy: when threatened they release oily droplets of hemolymph from their joints (legs, neck, and antennae). This fluid is bright orange and contains cantharidin, a poisonous chemical compound. Wiping the chemical on skin can ...
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.
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Common names for this genus and many other related genera in the subfamily Melolonthinae are May beetles, June bugs, and July beetles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They range in size from 12 to 35 mm (0.47 to 1.38 in) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and are blackish or reddish-brown in colour, without prominent markings, and often rather hairy ventrally.
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