Beetles are an insect group with about 3,700 Danish species – most of them very small. They almost always have more or less hard, rigid forewings – called elytra or wing cases – which close tightly over part of the back when the beetle is not flying. The hindwings are clear flight wings which, at rest, lie folded up beneath the wing cases. Like butterflies, beetles go through four stages in their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult.
Red-brown Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra) – Male seen in the plantation in June
Red-brown Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra) – Pair seen in the plantation in June
Black-spotted Longhorn Beetle (Rhagium mordax) – Seen on the dike in May on Red-berried Elder
Black-spotted Longhorn Beetle (Rhagium mordax) – Seen at the summer house in October – came out of its hiding place while I was chopping firewood
Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) – Female seen in the plantation in June
Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) – Female seen in the plantation in June
Red-brown Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra) – Female seen in the plantation in July
Red-brown Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra) – Male seen in the plantation in August
Red-brown Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra) – Female seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) – Seen at the summer house in June
Violet Longhorn Beetle (Callidium violaceum) – Seen in a woodpile at the summer house in June
Musk Beetle (Aromia moschata) – Seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Musk Beetle (Aromia moschata) – Seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Musk Beetle (Aromia moschata) – Seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Large Poplar Longhorn Beetle (Saperda carcharias) – Seen at the summer house in September
Large Pine Weevil (Hylobius abietis) – Seen at the summer house in May
Large Pine Weevil (Hylobius abietis) – Seen at the summer house in May
Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) – Seen in the plantation in June on Poplar
Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) – Seen in the plantation in June on Poplar
Burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) – Seen in the plantation in May
Burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) – Seen in the plantation in May
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) – Seen on the dike in September on Perforate St John's-wort
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) – Seen on the dike in September on Perforate St John's-wort
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) – Seen on the dike in September on Perforate St John's-wort
Chafer (Protaetia cuprea) – Seen on the dike in August on Perforate St John's-wort
Chafer (Protaetia cuprea) – Seen on the dike in August on Perforate St John's-wort
Chafer (Protaetia cuprea) – Seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Chafer (Protaetia cuprea) – Seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Chafer (Protaetia cuprea) – Seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campetris) – Seen in the plantation in April
Beetle (Lagria hirta) – Seen in the plantation in July
Scarlet Malachite Beetle (Malachius aeneus) – Seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Leaf beetle (Chrysolina oricalcia) – Seen at the summer house in June
Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) – Seen at the summer house in June
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonychya fulva) – Seen in the plantation in July
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonychya fulva) – Seen in the plantation in June
Pollen beetle (genus Meligethes) – Seen at the summer house in May on Dandelion
Pollen beetle (genus Meligethes) – Seen at the summer house in May on Dandelion
Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) – Seen in the plantation in April
Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) – Larva seen in the plantation in July
Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) – Pupa seen in the plantation in June
Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) – Pair seen on the dike in August on Tansy
Two-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) – Seen in the plantation in August
Striped Ladybird (Myzia oblongoguttata) – Seen at the summer house in May
22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) – Seen at the summer house in July
Larch Ladybird (Aphidecta obliterata) – Seen in the plantation in July