Kim Taylor / Red-tipped Flower Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) taking off from a Brome grass head. Surrey, UK

Jiri Lochman / Amethyst beetle (Phlogistus sp) feeding on flower, Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Western Australia.

Jiri Lochman / Green clerid Beetle (Eleale aulicodes) in flower, Lesueur National Park, Western Australia.

Kim Taylor / Bee parasite beetle (Trichodes crabroniformis) on Field eryngo (Eryngium creticum) Bulgaria, July.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Checkered beetle (Trichodes affinis) ventral view, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, Meetyourneighbours.net project

Robert Thompson / Checkered beetle (Trichodes alvearius) on flower, Rimplas, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Checkered Beetle (Clerus mutillarius), Neustadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Checkered Beetle (Clerus mutillarius), Neustadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Bee-wolf beetle (Trichodes apiarius) on white background. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria. August.

John Abbott / Dubious Checkered Beetle (Thanasimus dubius) Stengl 'Lost Pines' Biological Station, Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas, USA.

John Abbott / Dubious Checkered Beetle (Thanasimus dubius) Stengl 'Lost Pines' Biological Station, Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas, USA.

John Abbott / Checkered Beetle (Cymatodera balteata) Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA.

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Checkered beetle (Cleridae) Sao Paulo, Brazil. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Checkered beetel (Trichodes alvearius) a colourful soldier beetle, Orvieto, Italy, May

Nick Upton / Checkered / Bee beetle (Trichodes alvearius) foraging on Crown daisy (Chrysanthemum coronarium), Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.

Alex Hyde / Bee-wolf beetles (Trichodes apiarius) on Umbelliferae flowers. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps.

Alex Hyde / Bee-wolf beetles (Trichodes apiarius) on Umbelliferae flowers. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps.

Nick Upton / Common malachite / Red-tipped flower beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) preparing to take off from Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) Wiltshire, UK, May.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Checkered beetle (Trichodes alvearius) Central France

Kim Taylor / Ant beetle {Thanasimus formicarius} on oak twig. Europe

PREMAPHOTOS / Beetle female (Malachius bipustulatus) feeding on excitator on male's head during courtship, England

Mark Moffett / Blackbellied Clerid (Enoclerus lecontei) acting as a parasite, moves into Piper Plant, replacing the Ants (Pheidole bicornis) and providing no protection for the plant

Premaphotos / Red-tipped grass beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) feeding on grass pollen, UK

Premaphotos / Bee-wolf beetle (Trichodes apiarius) France

Premaphotos / Red-tipped grass beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) female (right) about to contact the male and feed on the excitators on his antennae, UK

Premaphotos / Soft wing flower beetles (Malachius coccineus) The female on the right is feeding on excitators produced by glands on the male's face, Israel

Mark Moffett / Checkered Beetle (Cleridae) moves into Piper plant, replacing the ants and providing no protection for the plant

Roman Willi / Soldier beetle (Trichodes alvearius) resting on flower covered in pollen, Lucerne, Switzerland. December. Focus stacked.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Checkered beetle (Trichodes alvearius) resting on white flower petals, Umbria, Italy. June.