Frégate Island Giant Beetle

Invertebrates > Darkling Beetles

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Frégate Island Giant BeetleScientific Name: Polposipus herculeanusCategory: Invertebrates (Darkling Beetles)Range: Endemic exclusively to the granitic Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean, naturally confined to Frégate Island, with...

Bloody-nosed Beetle

Invertebrates > Insects

OverviewThe Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) is a large, heavily built, flightless leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that wanders slowly through the sunlit chalk downlands and coastal grasslands of Europe. Measuring up to two centimeters in...