A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Beetles and Weevils (Coleoptera)

Beetles

Bark Runner Beetle (Rhagium mordax)
Forder Valley, LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 14.05.06 (Public Location)

Beetle - (Kateretes rufilabris) ?
On sundew. Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. 19.07.06 (Private Location)

Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)     larvae
South Devon Coast Path, East Prawle, Devon. 27.04.06 (Public Location) *1

Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis)
Penlee Point, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall. 29.05.06 (Public Location)

Carrion Beetle (Silpha tristis)
Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 04.06.06 (Private Location)

Chafer, Rose (Cetonia aurata)
South Devon Coast Path. Mothercombe - Stoke Point, Devon. 09.08.05 (Public Location)

Chafer, Welsh (Hoplia philanthus)
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 14.06.06 (Public Location)

Chafer, Garden (Phyllopertha horticola)
Combestone Tor, nr. Hexworthy, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. 13.06.06 (Public Location)

Click Beetle / Red-brown Skipjack (Athous haemorrhoidalis)
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 16.05.06 (Public Location)

Cylindrinotus laevioctostriatus
Found under bark of dead standing beech tree.
Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Private Location) *2

Dor Beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius)
Lopwell Dam, nr. Maristow, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05 (Public Location)

Flower Beetle, Thick-legged (Oedemera nobilis)
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 18.06.04 (Private Location) *2

Green Dock Leaf Beetle (Gastrophysa viridula)    male and female with eggs    larvae    damage
South of Plym Bridge (NT), Plymouth, Devon. 27.09.05 (Public Location)

Green Tiger Beetle, Common (Cicindella campestris)
Kynance Cove, West Lizard NNR, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall. 30.05.06 (Public Location)

Ground Beetle (Pterostichus melanarius)
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve, Saltash, Cornwall. 10.09.05 (Public Location)

Ground Beetle, Violet (Carabus violaceus)
Open woodland. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 05.09.05 (Public Location)

Horned Stag Beetle (Sinodendron cylindricum)
Plym Bridge (South), National Trust, Plymouth, Devon. 14.06.06 (Public Location)

Ladybird, Cream-spotted (Calvia 14-guttata)
On raspberry. Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 07.05.06 (Private Location)

Ladybird, Harlequin (Harmonia axyridis var. conspicua)
On Alexanders. Hope's Nose, Marine Drive, Torquay, Devon. 28.03.07 (Public Location)
Please send all records or sightings to The Harlequin Ladybird Survey - Recording
The harlequin ladybird was introduced to North America in 1988, where it is now the most widespread ladybird species on the continent. It has already invaded much of northwestern Europe, and arrived in Britain in summer 2004. Ref. The Harlequin Ladybird Survey

Ladybird, Harlequin (Harmonia axyridis var. succinia)
On Alexanders. Hope's Nose, Marine Drive, Torquay, Devon. 28.03.07 (Public Location)
Please send all records or sightings to The Harlequin Ladybird Survey - Recording
The harlequin ladybird was introduced to North America in 1988, where it is now the most widespread ladybird species on the continent. It has already invaded much of northwestern Europe, and arrived in Britain in summer 2004. Ref. The Harlequin Ladybird Survey

Ladybird, Seven-spotted (Coccinella septempunctata)     larvae -1     larvae -2     pupae
Wasteland nr. Ski Centre, Leigham, Devon. 18.07.04 (Public Location)

Ladybird, Ten-spotted (Adalia 10-punctata)
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.06

Ladybird, Two-spotted (Adalia 2-punctata)
On Alexanders. Hope's Nose, Marine Drive, Torquay, Devon. 28.03.07 (Public Location)

Ladybird, Fourteen-spotted (Propylea 14-punctata) -1      spots more fused     eating aphid
Nr. Ernesettle Sewage Works, Ernesettle, Plymouth, Devon. 27.08.04 (Public Location) *2

Ladybird, Orange / Sixteen-spotted (Halzia sedecimguttata)
On sycamore. Beside Sewage Farm, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 07.10.05 (Public Location)

Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina banksi)
Grassland, nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05 (Public Location) *2

Leaf Beetle (Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata)
Raybarrow Pool, nr. Throwleigh, North Dartmoor, Devon. 02.08.06 (Public Location)

Leaf Beetle, Cereal (Oulema melanopa) ?
South Devon Coast Path, East Prawle, Devon. 27.04.06 (Public Location) 

Longhorn Beetle (Leptura maculata)
Wembury Point, Wembury, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 29.06.06 (Public Location)

Longhorn Beetle (Leptura aurulenta)
Stover Country Park, nr. Newton Abbot, Devon. 12.07.06 (Public Location)

Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)
Coastal grassland. Blackstone Point (NT), nr. Noss Mayo, Devon. 20.05.06 (Public Location)

Oil Beetles, Black (Meloe proscarabaeus)
South Devon Coast Path, East Prawle, Devon. 24.04.04 (Public Location) Image by ©DDS

Oil Beetle, Violet (Meloe violaceus)    feeding on Lesser Celandine    side-view    underside *1 Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 27.04.05 (Public Location)

Pollen Beetle / Rape Beetle (Meligethes sp.)
Rape field, nr. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 03.07.06 (Private Location)

Popular Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela populi)
Braunton Burrows Biosphere Reserve, Braunton, Devon. 30.06.06 (Public Location)

Rove Beetle (Staphylinus dimidiaticornis)
Penhale Sands, nr. Perranporth, Cornwall. 28.04.06 (Public Location)

Rove Beetle / Devil's Coach Horse (Staphylinus olens)
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.07 (Private Location)

Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii)
On Lilies. Rowden Gardens, Brentor, nr. Tavistock, Devon. 24.08.07 (Private Location)

Soldier Beetle (Cantharis pellucida)
On Melilot. Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 04.07.06 (Public Location) *2 

Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rustica)
Coastal grassland. Blackstone Point (NT), nr. Noss Mayo, Devon. 20.05.06 (Public Location)

Soldier Beetle, Common Red (Rhagonycha fulva)
On Hogweed. Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 04.07.06 (Public Location)

Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha translucida) ?
Grassland. Field near CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 07.06.06 (Public Location) 

Tortoise Beetle (Cassida murraea)     larvae
On Fleabane leaf. Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 02.05.07 (Public Location) *2 

Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)
Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 04.06.06 (Private Location)

Beetles to identify -

Small Beetle on Scrophularia auriculata (Water Figwort)
Chittleburn Hill, nr. Brixton, Plymouth, Devon. 17.04.07 (Public Location)

Altica sp. ?     underside
Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Private Location) *2 

Weevils

A species of Dock-leaf Apion
On underside of dock leaf. Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon.
07.05.06 (Public Location) *3

Figwort Weevil (Cionus scrophulariae) on Cape Figwort
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 15.08.05 (Private Location)

*1 - Identifications by Andrew Whitehouse - Buglife (The Invertebrate Conservation Trust)
*2 - Identifications by Dr. Clive Turner