Nature Production / Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus jessoensis) protecting itself by ejecting a boiling, noxious chemical spray, Nagasaki, Japan.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeinae) adult rolling dung ball. Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Chris Mattison / Green Flower Beetle (Thaumastopeus sp.). Endemic to Borneo.

Ingo Arndt / Cup Moth (Acharia nesea) caterpillar, Costa Rica

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of 'The Entomologist'. Rare copper print with original hand colouring, drawn by George Spratt, printed by George Madely, and sold individually as part of a series through Charles Tilt's F...

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of a Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus), with hand colouring possibly by Donovan himself. While most plates were thinly coloured to tint the interstices of the lines of the engraving b...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) in defensive posture; male in garden where it emerged naturally. Kent, UK, June. Controlled situation.

MYN / Seth Patterson / Dung beetle (Dichotomius colonicus) in flight, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Hiroya Minakuchi / Stag Beetle (Odontolabis cypri), Malaysia

Kim Taylor / Click beetle (Pyrophorus sp) showing orange bioluminescence, Costa Rica

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus). Powerstock Common, Dorset, England, UK, April.

Roland Seitre / Silver Jewel Scarab Beetle (Chrysina optima) on red petals. Poas Volcano National Park, Caribbean Coast, Vara Branca, Costa Rica.