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American Beetles is the single most comprehensive [citation needed] description of the beetles of North America north of the tropical area of Mexico.It was started by Ross H. Arnett, Jr. as an update of his classic The Beetles of the United States; along with Michael C. Thomas, he enlisted more than 60 specialists to write treatments of each family.
Pages in category "Beetles of North America" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,226 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Nicrophorus americanus, also known as the American burying beetle or giant carrion beetle, is a critically endangered species of beetle endemic to North America. [3] It belongs to the order Coleoptera and the family Silphidae. The carrion beetle in North America is carnivorous, feeds on carrion and requires carrion to breed. It is also a member ...
C. Cadiz hardyi; Calligrapha serpentina; Calosoma frigidum; Ceutorhynchus americanus; Chilocorus stigma; Chrysochus; Cicindela ohlone; Cicindela theatina; Clinidium ...
American Beetles. Vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 371–389. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers. LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
He also stated that in early 2011 the site consisted of almost 34,000 written pages representing about 23 percent of the estimated insect species in North America. [6] In April 2012 the guide surpassed 500,000 photos. [7] By October 2014, BugGuide had 30,774 species pages and 48,572 total pages, with over 808,718 images submitted by more than ...
The beetle is 9 to 12 mm (0.35 to 0.47 in) long and is yellow to bright red with black spots. It is one of the largest leaf beetles native to North America. The name Argus comes from the mythical Greek giant Argus Panoptes , who was sometimes depicted with 100 eyes, because the beetle is able to stretch out its red head beyond its pronotum , as ...