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Skull mounts are sometimes referred to as European mounts, western skull mounts, or western mounts. [1] They are a large portion of taxidermy work. Only the skull of the animal is displayed, which will have horns, antlers, or nothing attached to the skull depending on the animal. The mount does not take up much room because of the lack of neck ...
Carabus gigas is the largest European ground beetle, reaching a length of about 40–70 millimetres (1.6–2.8 in). The upper surface is black and glossy. The upper surface is black and glossy. The elytrtra are oval, strongly convex and covered with about 15 rows of more or less small tubercles.
European rhinoceros beetle European rhinoceros beetle – three stages from larva to adult: larva (back), pupa (center), and imago (front). The Dynastinae are among the largest of beetles, reaching more than 15 centimetres (6 inches) in length, but are completely harmless to humans because they cannot bite or sting.
Pages in category "Beetles of Europe" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,655 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Leptodirus hochenwartii in an 1871 lithograph Portraits of Franz von Hochenwart and Ferdinand J. Schmidt (Ljubljana, National Museum of Slovenia).. The animal was first found in 1831 by Luka Čeč, an assistant to the lamplighter in the Postojna Cave system in southwestern Slovenia, when exploring new inner cave portions discovered some year before. [6]
Osmoderma eremita, the hermit beetle or Russian leather beetle, [2] is a species of European beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Adults reach between 28 and 32 mm in length. Adults reach between 28 and 32 mm in length.
Like all beetles, they have 6 legs, and the front wings are hardened into armored plates called elytra that at least partially cover the abdomen. The typical ground beetle is black, often with ...
Amphimallon solstitiale, also known as the summer chafer or European june beetle, is a beetle similar to the cockchafer but much smaller, approximately 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in length. They are declining in numbers now, but where found they are often seen in large numbers.