Which British beetle is recognised by its large mandibles?
"Geodorcus novaezealandiae Geodorcus novaezealandiae is a large flightless species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae. It is the type species and smallest member of the genus ""Geodorcus"". It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is considerably smaller than other members of ""Geodorcus"". Male Helm's stag beetle have been collected that are 44 mm including mandibles, whereas male ""Geodorcus novaezealandiae"", including the mandibles, range in size from 12–21.5 mm. Females are generally smaller, ranging in size from 11–17.4 mm. Like all other ""Geodorcus"", they show sexual dimorphism: the male beetle has a much wider head and larger mandibles. They"
"Cicindela sylvatica Cicindela sylvatica is a tiger beetle, commonly known as the wood tiger beetle or heath tiger beetle. It is the largest of the British tiger beetles with a length of between . It is black in colour with a blue tinge, more pronounced on the underside, and sometimes appears with a bronze sheen. The beetle occurs throughout Europe with the exception of the Mediterranean and the extreme north. In the UK, it is found in England. The beetle has been given priority status under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) and has been included in the English"
"jaws of a great diving beetle are strong compared to their body size. Great diving beetle The great diving beetle (""Dytiscus marginalis"") is an aquatic diving beetle native to Europe and northern Asia, and is particularly common in England. The great diving beetle, true to its name, is a rather large insect. The larvae can grow up to in length, while the adults are generally . These beetles live in fresh water, either still or slow-running, and seem to prefer water with vegetation. They are dark-coloured (brown to black) on their back and wing cases (elytra) and yellow on their"
"they can be found from April to October in meadows, heath and moorland, woodlands, hedgerows, parks and gardens. During the day they commonly stay under logs, stones or leaf litter. It is a long-bodied black beetle. At about , it is one of the larger British beetles. Its wing covers (elytra) are short, covering only its thorax, exposing the abdominal segments. The abdominal musculature is powerful and the abdominal segments are covered with sclerotized plates. It is capable of flight, but its wings are rarely used. It is covered with fine, black hairs. It is well known for its habit"
"Great diving beetle The great diving beetle (""Dytiscus marginalis"") is an aquatic diving beetle native to Europe and northern Asia, and is particularly common in England. The great diving beetle, true to its name, is a rather large insect. The larvae can grow up to in length, while the adults are generally . These beetles live in fresh water, either still or slow-running, and seem to prefer water with vegetation. They are dark-coloured (brown to black) on their back and wing cases (elytra) and yellow on their abdomen and legs. The male's wing cases are shiny, while those of the"
"turcicus"" . Sexually dimorphic, the males have enlarged mandibles and are larger than the females. Although the male's mandibles seem threatening, they are too weak to be harmful. Nevertheless, females can inflict a painful bite. The resemblance of the male's mandibles to the horns of a stag, and their use in combat between males, much like with deer, gives the species its scientific and common names. Adult size varies between different areas of its distribution, for example beetles from Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands are larger than those from Belgium or the UK. ""L. cervus"" is widespread across Europe, though"
"known as the ""diamond beetle"", since the two species had similar colouration, and the diamond beetle was already well known in Europe. The two species are not closely related. In the years following its discovery, """"Curculio spectabilis"""" was a valued item for collections, due to its unusual appearance. The type specimen from the ""Endeavour"" expedition now forms part of the Banks Collection at the Natural History Museum in London. It is in good condition, although its legs are missing most of their tarsi. The body of ""Chrysolopus spectabilis"" is an elongated oval long. The elytra are black, with irregular spots"
"Bombus ruderatus Bombus ruderatus, the large garden bumblebee or ruderal bumblebee, is a species of long-tongued bumblebee found in Europe and in some parts of northern Africa. This species is the largest bumblebee in Britain and it uses its long face and tongue to pollinate hard-to-reach tubed flowers. Bumblebees are key pollinators in many agricultural ecosystems, which has led to ""B. ruderatus"" and other bumblebees being commercially bred and introduced into non-native countries, specifically New Zealand and Chile. Since its introduction in Chile, ""B. ruderatus"" has spread into Argentina as well. Population numbers have been declining and it has been"
"Macrodontia (genus) Macrodontia is an American genus of long-horned beetles remarkable for their large size and for the large mandibles of the males in particular. The genus Macrodontia is in some documents credited to Latreille as the authority, but this appears to be an error, possibly due to confusion arising from Latreille having been the authority for the subfamily Prioninae and the family Cerambycidae. It is a genus within the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae, tribe Macrodontiini. The genus includes the following species: The species are large. Some are giants among insects, with occasional specimens more than 17 cm long. The"
"red pronotum. The antennae are longer than the entire head and body length in male and as long as body in females. Nevertheless, the Oriental subspecies have usually shorter antennae. The musk beetle can be found in Great Britain locally, for example at Caldicot and Wentloog Levels otherwise known as Gwent Levels SSSI The adults are usually found on leaves, especially those of the willow trees, where the larva of this species lives. The secretion with the characteristic musky smell is produced in thoracic glands, and is expelled through openings located on the distal part of the metasternum, near the"
"longer exported. Taveuni beetle The Taveuni beetle (""Xixuthrus terribilis"") is known from the island of Taveuni in the Fiji, and is one of the largest living insect species, with specimens around 14 cm long, excluding legs, antennae, or mandibles. It is closely related to the giant Fijian long-horned beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive. This species has been mistakenly classified under the name ""Xixuthrus heyrovskyi"" since 1945, when it was unwittingly redescribed, and this name still appears in much of the scientific literature. In the early 1990s George Bennett, an Austrian-Anglo wildlife"
"Bledius spectabilis Bledius spectabilis, commonly known as the magnificent salt beetle, is a species of small rove beetle. This beetle is 5 to 7 millimetres long and has brightly coloured legs. The wing covers are brownish and as wide as they are long. ""B. spectabilis"" inhabits the sea shores of the Caspian and Black Seas, the coasts of the Mediterranean from Asia Minor to Spain and Morocco, and the Atlantic coast as far north as the Irish Sea and the North Sea. ""Bledius spectabilis"", shows very unusual behaviour for an insect in that it actively protects its larvae from the"
"variously range from regions between Guatemala at the north of Central America, or even Southern Mexico, to Argentina in South America. Macrodontia (genus) Macrodontia is an American genus of long-horned beetles remarkable for their large size and for the large mandibles of the males in particular. The genus Macrodontia is in some documents credited to Latreille as the authority, but this appears to be an error, possibly due to confusion arising from Latreille having been the authority for the subfamily Prioninae and the family Cerambycidae. It is a genus within the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae, tribe Macrodontiini. The genus includes"
"Taveuni beetle The Taveuni beetle (""Xixuthrus terribilis"") is known from the island of Taveuni in the Fiji, and is one of the largest living insect species, with specimens around 14 cm long, excluding legs, antennae, or mandibles. It is closely related to the giant Fijian long-horned beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive. This species has been mistakenly classified under the name ""Xixuthrus heyrovskyi"" since 1945, when it was unwittingly redescribed, and this name still appears in much of the scientific literature. In the early 1990s George Bennett, an Austrian-Anglo wildlife painter who"
"betel could cure leprosy. The English artist Henry Stacy Marks (1829-1888) took a special interest in birds and many of his paintings were based on birds in the London Zoo and a number of his works included depictions of greater adjutants. Some of his paintings that include adjutants are Convocation (1878), Science is Measurement (1879), Half hours at the Zoo and An Episcopal Visitation. Greater adjutant The greater adjutant (""Leptoptilos dubius"") is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa. Once found widely across southern Asia, mainly"
"Macrodontia cervicornis Macrodontia cervicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the largest beetles, with known specimens exceeding 17 cm in length . Part of this length is due to the enormous mandibles, from which it derives both of the names in its binomen: ""Macrodontia"" means ""long tooth"", and ""cervicornis"" means ""deer antler"" (average male length excluding mandibles: 13 to 14 cm. average female length: 10 to 11 cm.). It is also known as the Sabertooth Longhorn beetle. Most of this species’ life is spent in the larval stage, which can last up to 10 years, while its adult phase is likely"
"hind legs articulation. The secretion was formerly supposed to contain salicylaldehyde or a salicylic ether, but there is now evidence that it consists instead mainly of four different monoterpenes, among which is rose oxide, one of the most important fragrances in perfumery. Musk beetle The musk beetle (""Aromia moschata"") is a Eurasian species of longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribe Callichromatini. Its name comes from the delicate musky smell it emits when menaced. This beetle is characterised by very long antennae (like all other cerambycids) and a somewhat coppery or greenish metallic tint. The typical form, characterised by"
"Great gerbil The great gerbil (""Rhombomys opimus"") is a large gerbil found throughout much of Central Asia. The largest of the gerbils, great gerbils have a head and body length of . Their skulls are distinctive by having two grooves in each incisor. They have large front claws used for burrowing. Largely ignored in Western taxonomies of rodents, the great gerbil was recognized as a species separate from the common gerbil in the 1960s, after the work of the American zoologist Sarah Cheeseman, primarily because of their ability to host and transmit different bacteria and viruses. Great gerbils are found"
"for ""Megapenthes lugens"" reflects location, character and appearance"". The common name's creator, in a statement accompanying his entry, gave the following rationale for his choice of name: ""I've gone with this for the link to Windsor and the royals. The executioner is to represent that it kills (and eats) the larvae of others and also links to its black colour (the hood of an executioner is traditionally black)."" The names of the ten successful entrants are to be placed on permanent display in the museum. Megapenthes lugens Megapenthes lugens is a species of primarily European click beetle. The adult is"
"the legs are black with a red tinge. At in size, it is one of the largest of the ""Aphodius"" genus. It has ten ridges on each of its wing-covers (called elytra). It has a shovel-shaped head which it used to move the earth when it burrows. This species feeds and breeds in various types of dung, and in the British Isles it is usually seen between the months of April and October. The beetle is particularly sensitive to light. During the daytime hours or under artificial light, it instinctively burrows into the nearest moist soil or preferably fresh dung."
"the first recorded outbreak of Asian long-horned beetle in the UK was found at Paddock Wood in Kent, near small commercial premises that had imported stone from China. The beetle is considered a threat because its larvae are highly damaging to trees. Novel techniques used to control the outbreak, included the use of two detection dogs trained in Austria that can smell the beetles in trees. At the end of the first year’s survey, 1,500 trees had been felled and burned from fields and roadsides and 700 from commercial premises and private gardens. As of 2017/18 no further evidence of"
"Britain this beetle has been losing its habitat, and its populations shrinking, for more than a century. The beetle has been recently seen at a handful of sites in the old English fruit-growing regions of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. . This species mainly inhabits both the plains and the mountains. It prefers open, deciduous woods and forests and it is associated with dead wood. In the UK, however, it often can be found in old fruit orchards. Subspecies and varietas include: ""Gnorimus nobilis"" can reach approximately a body length of . These beetles have the pronotum and head covered with"
"(such as ""Galium verum"" and ""Galium mollugo""). The adult beetles usually move slowly on the ground, in the grass and herbaceous plants, mainly at night. As a defensive behaviour they exude droplets of their bright red-orange hemolymph by breaking thin membranes in their mouth, which is foul-tasting to predators. This phenomenon of ""bleeding"" exists in some other insects, such as ladybugs. Eggs are laid in spring on bedstraw. Larvae may measure up to 20 mm and are blue-black in colour. The pupae overwinter. The beetle can be found in southern and central Europe, and is common in Britain and Ireland."
"parasitic wasp ""Barycnemis blediator"" and from the predatory ""Dicheirotrichus gustavi"". Bledius spectabilis Bledius spectabilis, commonly known as the magnificent salt beetle, is a species of small rove beetle. This beetle is 5 to 7 millimetres long and has brightly coloured legs. The wing covers are brownish and as wide as they are long. ""B. spectabilis"" inhabits the sea shores of the Caspian and Black Seas, the coasts of the Mediterranean from Asia Minor to Spain and Morocco, and the Atlantic coast as far north as the Irish Sea and the North Sea. ""Bledius spectabilis"", shows very unusual behaviour for an"
"Highlands. The species is divided into several subspecies: The mollicute bacterium species ""Entomoplasma freundtii"" (Entomoplasmatales, Entomoplasmataceae) can be isolated from the green tiger beetle. Chinery, Michael. Collins Complete Guide to British Insects. Collins, 2005. Cicindela campestris Cicindela campestris, commonly called the green tiger beetle is a widespread Eurasian species of tiger beetle. It is the type species of the large genus ""Cicindela"". Adults are typically long. The elytra and thorax are green, varying in tone from light to dark, spotted with cream-coloured patches, and in bright sunlight are somewhat iridescent. The eyes are blackish; the legs are brown with whitish"
"habitus is fairly typical of the Cerambycidae, except for the enormous jaws of the males: elongated, more or less parallel-sided beetles with dorsiventrally flattened bodies, generally all brown or orange with longitudinal dark striping. The males are larger than the females and generally have enormous jaws, from which the generic name derives: ""Macrodontia"" is from the Greek ""μάκρος"" (""makros"") meaning ""long or large"" and ""οδόντος"" (""odontos"") meaning ""of teeth"". In contrast, in proportion to the beetles' size, the antennae are shorter than those of typical Cerambycidae. The genus was originally described from South America, but the 11 currently recognised species"
"may be distinguished from cockroaches by the black band across the end of both elytra. Another distinguishing feature is the three raised longitudinal lines on each wing case - a feature common to all beetles in the family Oedemeridae. There are only seven species of this family in the UK. In general, in size and form they resemble Soldier Beetles found on flowers. This is a cosmopolitan species. They can be found anywhere where there is moist and decaying wood, such as wharf timbers that are regularly submerged by a tidal flow river, for example near the River Thames. A"
"Hexarthrius mandibularis Hexarthrius mandibularis is the world's largest fork-horned stag beetle. It belongs to the tribe Lucanini, in the family Lucanidae. This beetle has a dull, dark, brick reddish body. Both the legs and antennae are blackish. The most notable characteristic are the large, antler-like mandibles. These have small teeth running down the inside edge, with one large, forward-pointing pair located approximately a third of the way down from the tips. The tips are forked inward somewhat. During the larval stage, ""Hexarthrius mandibularis"" lives in rotten hardwood, feeding on it. Later, during the imago stage, it consumes tree juice. There"
"Anoplognathus viridiaeneus Anoplognathus viridiaeneus, commonly known as the king Christmas beetle, is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae native to eastern Australia. The largest Christmas beetle, it can be over long. Edward Donovan described the King Christmas beetle in 1805 as ""Melolontha viridi-ænea"", writing, ""Nature seems to have devoted abundant attention to the embellishment of this common insect: its glow of colouring is peculiar and inimitable. The prevailing hues do not strictly please us by their harmony as their contrast, which is indeed striking, or rather glaring, but upon the whole produce a rich effect"", describing it as ""testaceous"" (red-brown)"
"Anoplognathus viridiaeneus Anoplognathus viridiaeneus, commonly known as the king Christmas beetle, is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae native to eastern Australia. The largest Christmas beetle, it can be over long. Edward Donovan described the King Christmas beetle in 1805 as ""Melolontha viridi-ænea"", writing, ""Nature seems to have devoted abundant attention to the embellishment of this common insect: its glow of colouring is peculiar and inimitable. The prevailing hues do not strictly please us by their harmony as their contrast, which is indeed striking, or rather glaring, but upon the whole produce a rich effect"", describing it as ""testaceous"" (red-brown)"
"mandibles and a formidable sting that produces acute pain. These morphological characteristics (large size, long mandibles and powerful stings) is consistent with most ""Myrmecia"" species which are well known ants. Before ""Myrmecia maxima"" was described, George Fletcher Moore had an interest in the language of the Aborigines and learned it. Shortly after his arrival, he commenced a project to produce a dictionary of the Aboriginal language. Notable figures such as Francis Armstrong, Charles Symmons, John Gilbert and John Hutt, the Governor of Western Australia, helped Moore by assisting him with the vocabulary or helped fund his book. Moore took extended"
"Megadromus antarcticus Megadromus antarcticus, also known as the “Alexander beetle”, is a member of the Carabidae (ground beetle) family and only found in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. ""Megadromus antarcticus"" are easily recognized by their iridescent green coloration. ""Megadromus antarcticus"" size can range in length from 22mm to 34mm. ""Megadromus antarcticus"" is a member of the Adephaga suborder which is morphologically defined by the presence of liquid feeding mouth parts as larvae and once matured, has six abdominal ventrites and pygidial glands. Adephaga such as ""Megadromus antarcticus"" are also characterized by being well-proportioned with prominent mandibles, long slender legs"
"""(Potamogeton trichoides)"". A rich invertebrate fauna is also associated with the rhynes and ditches including aquatic beetles including populations of two nationally rare species, ""Hydacticus transversalis"" and Britain's largest water beetle, the Great Silver Water Beetle ""(Hydrophilus piceus)"". A number of dragonflies and damselflies are also found in the watercourses including the nationally scarce Variable Damselfly ""(Coenagrion pulchellum)"". Strong populations of the Common Freshwater Mussel occur as does the nationally rare Pea Mussel ""(Pisidium pseudosphaerium)"". Biddle Street, Yatton Biddle Street, Yatton () is a 44.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village of Yatton in North"