Lexington Alive

Beetles

I do not have an inordinate fondness for beetles, so my collection of beetle photos is quite small. Mostly I've photographed either the big ones or the colorful ones.

Cicindela sexguttata (Six-Spotted Green Tiger Beetle) (Dunback Meadow, 5/19/09 11am, Lower Vine Brook, 4/28/13 11am)

Cicindela limbalis (Green-margined Tiger Beetle) (Whipple Hill, 6/30/12 11am, 6/23/13 12pm)

Calleida punctata (Lower Vine Brook, 8/3/14 1pm)

Carabus auratus (Lower Vine Brook, 7/6/09 12pm) A deliberate introduction from Europe. This was quite a large beetle, perhaps 20mm long. I would have liked to get a better photo, but I couldn't coax it out of the underbrush.

Polydrusus sp. (Willard's Woods, 6/15/06 6pm, also 6/8/02 11am) A European import.

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/1/08 1pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/28/11 1pm) On milkweed.

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/30/09 10am)

Lixus sp. (Willard's Woods, 6/9/04 3pm)

Lixus sp. probably L. rubellus (Cylindrical Weevil) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/2/13 12pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/1/08 1pm) On Evening Primrose.

(Lower Vine Brook, 8/6/11 5pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/26/14 1pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/8/12 2pm)

(Willard's Woods, 8/19/14 1pm)

(Willard's Woods, 5/29/04 12pm)

Alaus oculatus (Eastern Eyed Click Beetle) (Willard's Woods, 6/24/07 11am (1), Lower Vine Brook, 6/10/12 12pm (2), 5/30/15 4pm (2))

Nicrophorus orbicollis (Burying Beetle) (Lexington, 5/28/04 11pm)

Nicrophorus pustulatus (Lexington, 5/28/04 11pm)

Nicrophorus tomentosus (Lower Vine Brook, 7/11/2021 1pm)

Malachius aeneus (Scarlet malachite beetle) (Willard's Woods, 6/15/06 5pm) A European introduction.

(Whipple Hill, 4/22/10 2pm)

Labidomera clivicollis (Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle) (Lexington, 6/16/06 11am)

Tetraopes tetraophthalmus (Red milkweed beetle) (Willard's Woods, 6/25/06 11am, underside Lower Vine Brook, 7/9/14 9am, 7/19/14 11am) I couldn't tell if the ants were trying to eat the beetle or if they were doing something else.

(Lower Vine Brook, 6/20/15 2pm) I'm guessing these are Red milkweed beetle larvae.

Pelidnota punctata (Grapevine beetle) (Lexington, 7/19/05, 11pm, 7/17/02 11pm)

Deloyala guttata (Mottled Tortoise beetle) mating (Willard's Woods, 6/14/03 11am, Lower Vine Brook, 6/13/2020 3pm)

Plagiometriona clavata (Clavate Tortoise beetle) (Willard's Woods, 6/25/05 2pm)

Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor (Golden Tortoise beetle) (Willard's Woods, 7/10/05 2pm & 7/6/03 3pm) They change color from gold to red when upset.

Charidotella purpurata (Lower Vine Brook, 6/13/2020 3pm)

Tortoise beetle (unknown species) (Willard's Woods, 6/5/04 12pm) May be same as above.

Dermestes lardarius (Larder beetle) (Burlington, 5/7/00 2pm)

Acmaeodera tubulus? (Lower Vine Brook, 5/20/09 10am)

Dircaea liturata (Darkling beetle) (Lexington, 7/12/07 11pm, Lower Vine Brook, 7/27/10 9pm)

Glischrochilus sp. (Lower Vine Brook, 8/3/11 11pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 3/19/11 2pm) This beetle is all brown on its top side. It appeared to still be dormant. It was inside a rotting log.

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/1/11 2pm) This one (may be same as above) has several hangers-on. I can't quite tell what they are.

(Lower Vine Brook, 6/28/14 3pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/11/14 11am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/25/10 1pm)

I'm a tiny blue beetle.

(Lower Vine Brook, 4/2/10 3pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 6/9/12 11am)

Agrilus sp. (Willard's Woods, 6/6/09 12pm) I'm a bigger, but still small, blue beetle.

Myrmex sp. (Ant-mimic weevil) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/5/14 12pm) I think it is much more like a jumping spider, especially the white edge on the abdomen.

Propylaea quatuordecimpunctata (Introduced 14-spot ladybeetle) (Willard's Woods, 6/19/05 4pm, Lower Vine Brook, 6/20/09 10am, 7/3/13 11am, 7/5/14 12pm) A European import.

Psyllobora vigintimaculata (20-spotted Lady Beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 8/12/12 1pm)

male female Lucanus capreolus (Reddish-Brown Stag Beetle) (Lexington, 7/11/07 12am, Lower Vine Brook, 8/19/17 12pm)

Orthosoma brunneum (Brown Prionid) (Lexington, 8/3/03 12am, 7/20/07 12am, Lower Vine Brook, 7/29/2019 12:30 am) The last pair of photos is of a beetle ~ 40mm long (excluding antennae).

Catogenus rufus (Lexington, 6/29/05 11pm)

Chrysobothris femorata (Flat-headed Apple Tree Borer) (Whipple Hill, 5/26/14 12pm)

Saperda tridentata (Elm borer) (Willard's Woods, 5/26/12 12pm)

(Burlington, 6/29/00 12am)

(Lexington, 6/9/01 2pm)

Urgleptes signatus? (Lower Vine Brook, 7/12/14 2pm, Lexington, 7/13/07 12am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/23/11 12am)

(Lower Vine Brook,7/11/11 11pm) May be same as above.

Lichenophanes bicornis (Lower Vine Brook, 7/23/11 12am)

(Willard's Woods, 6/10/17 2pm)

Tylonotus bimaculatus (Lower Vine Brook,7/12/11 11pm)

Typocerus velutinus (Flower longhorn) (Willard's Woods, ?, 7/25/09 2pm, 7/4/12 1pm, Lower Vine Brook, 7/19/2020 11am)

(Willard's Woods, 7/19/09 11am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/8/12 2pm) Same as above?

(Willard's Woods, 7/19/2020 12pm)

Trigonarthris minnesotana (Lower Vine Brook, 6/9/12 11am)

(Willard's Woods, 7/20/14 2pm)

Strangalepta abbreviata (Lower Vine Brook, 6/13/2020 3pm)

Analeptura lineola (Lower Vine Brook, 5/28/2023 12pm)

Strangalia famelica (Willard's Woods, 7/19/09 11am, 7/7/13 3pm)

Strangalia luteicornis (Willard's Woods, 7/19/2020 12pm)

Judolia cordifera (Willard's Woods, 7/2/06 11am, 7/19/2020 12pm)

(Willard's Woods, 7/4/12 1pm)

(Paint Mine, 8/17/14 12pm)

Odontotaenius disjunctus (Patent Leather Beetle) (Willard's Woods, ?, Lexington, 8/9/17 11pm) I I heard this giant flying long before I saw it land on the forest floor. I found the second one on the floor of our family room and photographed it on my desk.

Carabus nemoralis (European ground beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 5/3/2009 11am) Another import.

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/26/14 1pm, 6/23/2019 1pm)

Calligrapha sp. (Great Woods National Park, 6/4/00 3pm)

Calligrapha sp. (Lower Vine Brook, 5/16/2020 3pm)

Calligrapha sp. (Willard's Woods, 6/9/04 3pm) I didn't realize that there are a number of Calligraphica species, each of which more or less specializes on a specific host plant. I think, but am no longer sure, that the beetle was on the plant I found it on and handn't flow to a different one.

Calligrapha californica (Willard's Woods, 5/17/07 10am)

Calligrapha suturalis (Willard's Woods, 8/29/05 10am)

Calopteron reticulatum (Banded Net Wing) (Willard's Woods, 8/13/00 3pm)

Desmocerus palliatus (Elderberry borer) (Willard's Woods, 6/28/03 1pm)

Tricrania sanguinipennis (Lower Vine Brook, 4/13/2013 12pm)

(Whipple Hill, 6/1/14 10am)

Trichiotinus affinis (Hairy flower scarab) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/8/2022 1pm, 7/9/2022 1pm) The last photo shows one next to a partially hidden Japanese beetle, which looks very much like it.

Popilla japonica (Japanese Beetle) (Willard's Woods, 8/13/00 3pm, Lower Vine Brook, 8/21/2020 12pm (2)) It's unfortunate that they are such pests because they are quite attractive.

Exomala orientalis (Oriental beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/12/14 1pm, Willard's Woods, 7/13/13 2pm, 7/13/13 2pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 9/20/08 1pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 9/30/2018 4pm)

What am I?

Homoeolabus analis pubescens (Willard's Woods, 7/7/07 2pm)

Blepharida rhois (Sumac flea beetle) (Whipple Hill, 9/12/10 12pm)

(Willard's Woods, 6/19/04 4pm)

Coleomegilla maculata (Spotted Lady Beetle) with a parasitic wasp cocoon (Great Woods National Park, 6/4/00 3pm, Lower Vine Brook, 9/21/09 2pm)

Calvia quatuordecimguttata (Lower Vine Brook, 7/10/09 12pm, Willard's Woods, 6/29/15 11am)

Harmonia axyridis (Asian Lady Beetle) (Willard's Woods, 6/26/05 1pm, 6/19/05 4pm)

Coccinella septempunctata (Seven-spotted lady beetle, introduced) (Willard's Woods, 6/15/05 5pm)

(Willard's Woods, 7/19/09 10am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 4/6/2013 1pm)

(Willard's Woods, 6/29/15 11am)

ladybug larva (Willard's Woods, 6/2/07 12pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/26/14 12pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 6/26/11 11am) Even younger ladybug larvae.

(Willard's Woods, 6/23/02 12pm)

Disonycha pensylvanica (Great Woods National Park, 6/4/00 3pm)

Disonycha caroliniana or admirabila (Lower Vine Brook, 6/23/2019 1pm) No spots on the pronotum, but no photos in BugGuide north of New Jersey for admirabila.

Lema daturaphila (Threelined Potato Beetle) (Willard's Woods, 6/9/04 3pm, Lower Vine Brook, 6/10/12 12pm)

Acalymma vittata (Striped cucumber beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/30/11 10pm, 10/6/12 5pm)

Diabrotica undecimpunctata (Spotted cucumber beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 8/10/12 12am)

(Lower Vine Brook,7/16/11 5pm)

Ophraella conferta (Lower Vine Brook, 6/9/12 11am)

Megacyllene robiniae (Locust borer) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/17/11 11am (2), 9/2/12 2pm (2), 9/15/18 2pm, 8/30/2020 12pm) The 3rd and 4th photos are of a beetle that was missing almost all of the hairs that normally give it yellow stripes.

(Burlington, 6/23/00 6pm) This beetle looks like it should be closely related to M. robiniae, above, but I can't find a good match. It is close to one of the Clytus species, but not quite right. Unfortunately, my photos aren't great.

Chauliognathus pensylvanicus (Soldier beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/20/08 1pm, Willard's Woods, 9/1/12 12pm, Lower Vine Brook, 8/12/12 1pm, 8/21/2020 12pm, 8/30/2020 11am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/28/12 12pm)

Rhagonycha oriflava? (Lower Vine Brook, 5/31/12 11am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/26/12 11am)

(Lower Vine Brook,7/17/11 4pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/30/11 5pm)

Meloe sp., male (Oil beetle) (Whipple Hill, 9/21/08 2pm)

Epicauta pennsylvanica (Black blister beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 9/21/09 2pm)

Epicauta fabricii (Willard's Woods, 6/10/12 12pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 8/9/14 12pm)

Lytta aenea (Bronzed Blister Beetle) (Arlington Great Meadows, 4/25/10 11am, Whipple Hill, 5/5/13 1pm)

Enoclerus rosmarus? (Lower Vine Brook, 6/29/08 4pm)

adult larvae Ellychnia corrusca (Winter Firefly) (Lower Vine Brook, 3/11/12 2pm, 3/21/09 1pm, 10/6/12 1pm, 3/16/14 4pm)

mating, probably same as above (Lower Vine Brook, 5/28/12 11am)

Pyractomena angulata (Candle Firefly) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/3/13 11am)

Oiceoptoma noveboracense (Margined carrion beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 4/12/15 2pm)

Oiceoptoma inaequale (Ridged Carrion Beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 5/6/2022 11am)

Rove beetle (Willard's Woods, 4/26/05 4pm)

same as above? (Lower Vine Brook, 3/17/12 3pm)

Rove beetle (Lower Vine Brook, 7/27/2021 2pm) Same as above?

Ontholestes cingulatus (Rove beetle) (Willard's Woods, 6/3/02 4pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/31/14 2pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 4/16/13 3pm)

Philonthus caeruleipennis (Rove beetle) (Wildwood Park, Burlington, 5/25/2024 5pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/19/14 11am)

(Lexington, 8/3/05 11pm)

(Lexington, 7/7/07 11pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 3/19/11 2pm)

Chlaenius sp.? perhaps Chlaeneus impuctifrons (Wright Farm, 4/27/2019 2pm) Only the head was iridescent. Found under a rock by a stream.

(Lexington, 7/19/05 11pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 4/20/12 2pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 3/20/10 2pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 4/20/09 12pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/30/09 12pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 6/30/15 12pm)

(Willard's Woods, 6/6/09 2pm)

Baliosus nervosus (Basswood leaf miner) (Lower Vine Brook, 8/6/11 6pm)

(Willard's Woods, 9/24/11 1pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 3/17/12 3pm) Under dead bark.

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/3/13 11am)

Nemognatha nemorensis (Lower Vine Brook, 7/3/13 11am, 7/4/13 1pm)

female male Macrosiagon sp.? (Willard's Woods, 7/7/13 3pm, Parker Meadow, 8/2/2014 4pm)

(Willard's Woods, 7/13/13 2pm, Parker Meadow, 8/2/2014 4pm, Paint Mine, 8/17/14 12pm)

Hoshihananomia octopunctata (Eight-spotted tumbling flower beetle) (Willard's Woods, 7/17/2022 1pm)

family Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower Beetle) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/2/13 12pm)

(Willard's Woods, 7/13/13 2pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/27/14 11am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/19/14 11am, Parker Meadow, 8/2/2014 4pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/19/14 11am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/2/13 12pm)

Plateros sp.? Eros humeralis? (Meagherville, 6/30/13 10am)

(Meagherville, 6/30/13 10am)

(Willard's Woods, 6/29/13 5pm)

(Willard's Woods, 6/29/13 6pm) This was a huge beetle. The body was about 1" long.

(Willard's Woods, 6/29/13 6pm)

(Meagherville, 6/30/13 10am) Under the bark of a dead tree.

Chrysochus auratus (Dogbane beetle) (Whipple Hill, 6/30/13 11pm) On dogbane.

male Onthophagus orpheus (Lower Vine Brook, 6/24/2020 2pm) This poor guy was heavily parasitized by mites.

male female Arrenodes minutus (Oak timberworm) (Whipple Hill, 6/23/13 12pm, Burlington, 6/9/00 11pm) I would not have guessed this was a weevil, but it is.

(Lower Vine Brook, 6/9/13 2pm)

Cyrtophorus verrucosus (Lexington, 6/5/13 9pm)

Neochlamisus sp. (Willard's Woods, 6/1/13 10am) I have never seen the serrated joint between the elytra before.

Atalantycha bilineata (Two-lined Leather-wing) (Lower Vine Brook, 5/11/13 10am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/11/13 11am)

Anthrenus sp. (Lower Vine Brook, 7/7/13 12pm)

(Whipple Hill, 5/26/14 12pm)

(Whipple Hill, 6/20/10 12pm, 5/26/14 12pm) A Buprestid beetle.

(Lower Vine Brook, 6/26/2021 1pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 5/24/14 12pm)

(Whipple Hill, 8/16/14 11am)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/14/13 12pm)

(Lower Vine Brook, 7/14/13 12pm) This patch of leaf litter was right next to the fungi photographed above. I was aiming for the black beetle, but closer inspection of the photo showed another brown beetle in the lower right, a baby spider, two ticks or mites (hopefully mites, but they look more like ticks), another fungus beetle like those above, 2 purplish springtails (horribly out of focus), and a truly tiny beetle above and to the left of the black one.