Turnsole (Heliotropium indicum) with a small beetle at a cattle drinking pond near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
Golden headed weevil (Compsus auricephalus) snout beetle on Mexican hat flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 10, 2008
Cucumber beetle on a corn flower (Centaurea) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2010
Emerald flower scarab beetle (Metallic green flower scarab, Trichiotinus lunulatus(?)) on a flower of dewberry in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 10, 2009
Green tiger beetle (Cicindela) in Big Thicket park on Pitcher Plant Trail. Texas, March 23, 2008
Ironclad beetle (Zopherus haldemani(?)) at sunrise on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2013
Clay-colored leaf beetle (Anomoea laticlavia) on leaves of an oak tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2009
Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on yellow bracted strawflower in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2009
Side view of a tiger beetle taken from Sam Houston Forest. College Station, Texas, July 13, 2014
Flower of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) with a bronze beetle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
Prionid longhorned beetle (hardwood stump borer, Mallodon dasystomus, family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2014
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2009
White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) with a longhorn beetle on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Green plant bugs (Miridae) and tumbling flower beetle on a yellow daisy in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 5, 2008
Larvae of red-banded fungus beetle (Megalodacne) on a porous tree fungus near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
Black blister beetle (Epicauta pennsylvanica) on flat-topped goldenrod (bushy goldentop, Euthamia leptocephala(?)) near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 17, 2010
Yellow-marked Buprestid beetle (Acmaeodera) on sleepy-daisy in Lick Creek Park, on Post Oak Trail. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2008
Spotted cucumber beetles (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on Mexican Sunflower in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 14, 2010
Tumbling flower beetle and a snout beetle (white-scaled flower weevil, Odontocorynus denticornis) on a black-eyes susan flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 27, 2008
4-spotted checkered beetle (Pelonides quadripunctatus) on Pyracantha (rose family) flowers in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2008
Green six-spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) on a muddy trail in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, May 2, 2009
Flower longhorned beetle Strange Virile Bycid (Strangalia virilis) mimicking as a wasp on a thistle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 13, 2008
Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on masses of flowers of yankeeweed (Eupatorium compositifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 29, 2010
Bumelia Borer Long-horn Beetle (Stenaspis verticalis insignis, Plinthocoelium suaveolens plicatum) that was found in Antique Rose Emporium in Independence, dorsal view. College Station, Texas, July 27, 2013
Blister beetle in genus Nemognatha on thistle flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 27, 2008
Texas crescent longhorn beetle (Typocerus lunulatus) on a pink powder puff flower in Big Thicket park on Sundew Trail. Texas, April 26, 2008
Flat-faced longhorn beetle (Hippopsis lemniscata) on a door frame of apartments on George Bush Drive. College Station, Texas, August 9, 2008
Green June beetle (Cotinis nitida) sleeping on a plant in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, August 28, 2009
Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on a shoot of prickly pears cactus in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
Blister beetles (Meloidae) in genus Nemognatha on thistle flower in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, May 9, 2009
Mating red milkweed beetles (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 4, 2009
Head of prionid longhorned beetle (hardwood stump borer, Mallodon dasystomus) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2014
Twelve-spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on zinnia flower in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 12, 2008
Corn beetle on showy evening primrose in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2011
Metallic bronze beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) on woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
Six-spotted flower longhorned beetle (Strangalia sexnotata(?)) on a yellow daisy in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2008
Sand chafer beetle (Strigoderma arbicola) on false dandelion flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2009
Emerald flower scarab beetle (Metallic green flower scarab, Trichiotinus lunulatus) on false dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2009
Blister beetle (Meloidae) in genus Nemognatha on a flower of thistle in Old Baylor Park. Independence, Texas, May 10, 2008
Blister beetle (Meloidae) in genus Nemognatha on thistle flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 16, 2009
Red milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) with Longhorned beetle (Strangalia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 20, 2009
Jewel beetle (Buprestidae) on a flower of false dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2010
Black beetle on a leaf of woolly croton in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 3, 2010
Burnt pine damaged by bark beetles in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
Delta flower scarab beetle (Trigonopeltastes delta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 10, 2014
Horn beetles sleeping on coreopsis at morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2011
Ironclad beetle (Zopherus haldemani(?)) found under tree bark on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2013
Prionid longhorned beetle (hardwood stump borer, Mallodon dasystomus) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. College Station, Texas, July 12, 2014
Corn beetle eating yellow aster in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 9, 2012
Tiger beetle taken from Sam Houston Forest. College Station, Texas, July 13, 2014
Potato-weed (solanum) damaged by snout beetles on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 30, 2008
Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on a yellow flower of aster family in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 19, 2008
Spotted cucumber beetles (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 7, 2010
White-fringed weevil (Naupactus) beetle on green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, October 2, 2009
Banded cucumber beetle (Diabrotica balteata) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 16, 2010
Scarab beetle rolling a dung ball in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 30, 2011
Jewel beetles (Buprestidae, Acmaeodera amplicollis(?)) on black eyed susan flower in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
Blister beetles in genus Nemognatha on thistle flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2008
Green June beetle (Cotinis nitida) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 28, 2010
Shining leaf chafer beetle (Strigoderma pimalis) on False dandelion in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2009
Flower of Iceland poppy damaged by cucumber beetles in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2010
Golden headed weevil (Compsus auricephalus)(?) snout beetle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2012
Ironclad beetle taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) from Texas in entomological collection in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 21, 2009
Eyed click beetle (Alaus oculatus) from Texas in entomological collection in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 21, 2009
Bumelia Borer Long-horn Beetle (Ponderous Borer, Order Coleoptera, Family Cerambycidae, Stenaspis verticalis insignis, Plinthocoelium suaveolens plicatum) that was found in Antique Rose Emporium in Independence, ventral view. College Station, Texas, July 27, 2013
Head of prionid longhorned beetle (hardwood stump borer, Mallodon dasystomus) taken from Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. College Station, Texas, July 12, 2014
Ball rolling dung beetle (Scarabeus) on a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
Delta flower scarab beetle (Trigonopeltastes delta) on Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) on an island in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, May 20, 2009
Green lynx spider eating a flower beetle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 6, 2010
Snout beetle (weevil) on seed pods of woolly croton (hogwort, Croton capitatus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 9, 2012
Tree damaged by beetles on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2013
Delta flower scarab beetles (Trigonopeltastes delta) on button snakeroot in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 1, 2014
Brown beetle on a thistle flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2014
Dung beetles (Scarabeus) on dung like substrate near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
Ball rolling dung beetles (Scarabeus) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
Bark beetle taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
Ventral view of a bark beetle taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
Blister beetle taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
Lateral view of an ironclad beetle taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) found under bark of a fallen oak in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 28, 2017
Click beetle found on a rotten tree in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 10, 2018
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) found in rotten wood in Huntsville Park. Texas, April 1, 2018
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
Jewel beetle (Buprestidae) on flowers of bull nettle (Cnidoscolus texanus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
Dead bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) with green muscardine disease caused by mold like parasitic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae(?) collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
Macartney rose (Rosa bracteata) with flower beetles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 28, 2020
Underside of jewel beetle (Buprestidae) taken from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2020
Coreopsis with a flower beetle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020
Basket flower (Plectocephalus americanus) with a beetle on Butterfly Alley (a recent cutting) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 17, 2018
Longhorn beetle (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) on hairy fleabane (Erigeron pulchellus)(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, April 16, 2019
Metallic bronze beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) on Drummond wild onion (Allium drummondii) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
Pleasing fungus beetle (Megalodacne) found on a polypore mushroom from Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, June 22, 2019
Jewel beetle (Buprestidae) taken from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2020
Lemon beebalm (Monarda citriodora) with a beetle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2020
Resin mass exuded from a tree damaged by turpentine bark beetles on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
Pitch tube of black turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus terebrans(?)) in a pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 26, 2020
Scarab beetles on horse dung at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
Rainbow scarab beetle (Phanaeus vindex, male, horned) taken from horse dung at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) under a rotting log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Pitch tube of black turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus terebrans) on a pine on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 26, 2020
Some small black beetles on sandy soil on Moore s Hill Outcrop at FM Road 3090 2 miles north-east from Navasota. Texas, April 3, 2021
Metallic green beetle on death camas (Zigadenus nuttallii) on Moore s Hill Outcrop at FM Road 3090 2 miles north-east from Navasota. Texas, April 3, 2021
Flower of white prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) with a green metallic beetle at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
Metallic beetles in yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2021
Fungus beetles on a resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a vertically cut surface of a pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 18, 2021
Resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora with a fungus beetle on a vertically cut surface of a pine log on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 18, 2021
Larva of bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) under a log in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 24, 2021
Larva of bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 24, 2021
Jewel beetles (Buprestidae, Agrilus) on a woolly croton leaf at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
Jewel beetles (Buprestidae, genus Agrilus) on a leaf of Croton capitatus at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
Beetle of yellow petals of sunflower (Helianthus) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 5, 2021
Small jewel beetles on leaves of woolly croton in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, August 8, 2021
Weevil beetle and a spider on flowers of late-flowering boneset in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 6, 2021
Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus) on flowers of late-flowering boneset on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2021
Scarab beetle taken from Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 11, 2021
Dead ironclad beetle (Zopherus) on an oak log on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
Green tiger beetles from Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 19, 2022
Daisy fleabane (Erigeron) with a species of tiny pea or bean weevil beetles in the family Chrysomelidae Sennius abbreviatus(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on rotting wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2022
Flower of prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) with a beetle in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus) with a flower beetle on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
White flowers of rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii) with bronze beetles (Gnorimus(?)) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 24, 2022
Blooming rough-leaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii) with various flower beetles in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 24, 2022
Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense) with a bronze beetle in Bee Creek Park College Station, Texas, April 25, 2022
Scarab beetle on false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2022
Bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) on pieces of wood on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
Ground beetles found on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
Tiger beetles (Cicindela) on sand at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
Some black beetle found on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 18, 2022
Dung beetle (Scarabeus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
Eastern bess beetle larva on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
Tunnels of bark beetles on a dry standing tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2023
Maze of tunnels of bark beetles on a dry standing tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2023
Texture of tunnels of bark beetles on a dry standing tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2023
Pleasing fungus beetle Megalodacne heros (Erotylidae) found on old dry polypore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 26, 2023
Black beetle on a bud of elm tree in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 16, 2023
White flower of carrot family Orlaya White Lace(?) with carpet beetles in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, March 29, 2023
Corn beetle on flowers of showy evening primrose in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, March 29, 2023
Humpback Dung Beetle (Deltochilum gibbosum) collected on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 1, 2023
Kern s flower scarab beetle (Euphoria kernii) on a flower of poppy in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, April 13, 2023
Yellow corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum together with is brown anamorph (asexual stage) around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Details of thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Close-up of thin yellow crust of corticioid fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum around tunnels of bark beetles on an elm log in wet area on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 16, 2023
Black blister beetle ( from Pole Creek area of Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 6, 2023
Black bronze beetles on flowers of Drummond wild onion (Allium drummondii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2024
Redring Milkweed (Asclepias variegata) with a flower longhorn beetle Leptura annularis on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 17, 2024
Bronze beetles on flowers of white-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
Fruits (ribbed purple-black berries resembling beetle larvae) on female plants of swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
Pine tree damaged by bark beetles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 25, 2025
