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Beetles occurring on Dundreggan

This list has been compiled from observations by Trees for Life staff and Jane Bowman. The species are listed in alphabetical order, by genus.

Beetles recorded on Dundreggan


Abax parallelepipedus
Athous haemorrhoidalis	Click beetle

Brachypterus urticae	Nettle pollen beetle

Carabus problematicus	Ground beetle
Cicindela campestris	Green tiger beetle
Clytra quadripunctata	A leaf beetle

Geotrupes stercorarius	Dor beetle

Leptura quadrifasciata	A longhorn beetle

Melolontha vulgaris	Cock-chafer

Necrodes littoralis	Shore Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus investigator	Banded Sexton Beetle
Nicrophorus vespillioides	Sexton beetle

Phyllopertha horticola	Garden chafer

Protaetia cuprea	Metallic green chafer

Rhagium bifasciatum	A longhorn beetle
Rhagium mordax	A longhorn beetle
Rhagonycha fulva	Soldier beetle

Strophosomus melanogrammus	Nut leaf weevil

Trichius fasciatus	Bee beetle

Return to Biological Diversity on Dundreggan

Wood ants (Formica lugubris) transporting a click beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis) back to their nest on Dundreggan.

A ground beetle (Carabus problematicus) on Dundreggan.

Leaf beetle (Clytra quadripunctata) on Dundreggan. This species lives as an inquiline, or resident, in the nests of wood ants (Formica spp.).
Photo by Jane Bowman.

Dor beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius) on Dundreggan.

A longhorn beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) on Dundreggan.
Photo by Jane Bowman.

Metallic green chafer (Protaetia cuprea) on Dundreggan.

A longhorn beetle (Rhagium bifasciatum) on Dundreggan.

A longhorn beetle (Rhagium mordax) on Dundreggan. Photo by Jane Bowman.

Soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) on a ragwort flower (Senecio jacobaea) on Dundreggan.

Nut leaf weevil (Strophosomus melanogrammus) on Dundreggan.

Bee beetles (Trichius fasciatus) on a melancholy thistle flower (Cirsium heterophyllum) on Dundreggan.
Photo by Jane Bowman.

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Published: 28 December 2006
Last updated: 18 December 2008