Coleoptera of Ohio

This guide is intended to include many of the beetle species commonly seen in Ohio.

Please contact me with any corrections or additions.

Reddish-brown Stag Beetle 1
Lucanus capreolus
Fourteen-spotted Ladybug 2
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata
24-spotted Ladybird 3
Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
Golden Net-winged Beetle 4
Dictyoptera aurora
Short-winged Blister Beetle 5
Meloe angusticollis
Emerald Ash Borer 6
Agrilus planipennis
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle 7
Alaus oculatus
American Carrion Beetle 8
Necrophila americana
Common Claybank Tiger Beetle 9
Cicindela limbalis
Punctured Tiger Beetle 10
Cicindela punctulata
Punctured Tiger Beetle ssp. punctulata 11
Cicindela punctulata punctulata
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 12
Cicindela repanda
Bronze Tiger Beetle 13
Cicindela repanda repanda
Eastern Red-bellied Tiger Beetle 14
Cicindela rufiventris
Eastern Red-bellied Tiger Beetle 15
Cicindela rufiventris rufiventris
LeConte's Tiger Beetle 16
Cicindela scutellaris lecontei
Chartreuse Tiger Beetle 17
Cicindela scutellaris flavoviridis
Festive Tiger Beetle 18
Cicindela scutellaris
Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle 9
Cicindela duodecimguttata
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 18
Cicindela tranquebarica
Big Sand Tiger Beetle 18
Cicindela formosa
Eastern Sand Tiger Beetle 18
Cicindela formosa generosa
Dendroides concolor 19
Milkweed Leaf Beetle 20
Labidomera clivicollis
Big-headed Ground Beetle 2
Scarites subterraneus
Meloe impressus 21
Red-banded Fungus Beetle 22
Megalodacne fasciata
Pleasing Fungus Beetle 22
Megalodacne heros
Slender Lizard Beetle 23
Acropteroxys gracilis
Locust Borer Beetle 24
Megacyllene robiniae
Eastern Hercules Beetle 25
Dynastes tityus
Willow Leaf Beetle 26
Plagiodera versicolora
Rainbow Scarab 27
Phanaeus vindex
Delta Flower Scarab 28
Trigonopeltastes delta
Margined Leatherwing 12
Chauliognathus marginatus
Dogbane Leaf Beetle 29
Chrysochus auratus
False Potato Beetle 19
Leptinotarsa juncta
Roundneck Sexton Beetle 30
Nicrophorus orbicollis
Analeptura lineola 31
Splendid Earth-boring Beetle 32
Geotrupes splendidus
Colorado Potato Beetle 33
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Dogwood Leaf Beetle 34
Calligrapha philadelphica
Stenelmis 30
Cobblestone Tiger Beetle 35
Cicindela marginipennis
American Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus
Green June Beetle 36
Cotinis nitida
Red Milkweed Beetle 37
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Fiery Searcher 1
Calosoma scrutator
Twenty-spotted Ladybeetle 2
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Varied Carpet Beetle 38
Anthrenus verbasci
Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle 2
Chilocorus stigma
Ghost Tiger Beetle 39
Ellipsoptera lepida
Viburnum Leaf Beetle 40
Pyrrhalta viburni
Red-headed Ash Borer 41
Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus
Horned Passalus Beetle 32
Odontotaenius disjunctus
Red Flat Bark Beetle 22
Cucujus clavipes
Splendid Tiger Beetle 42
Cicindela splendida
Fringed Diving Beetle 14
Cybister fimbriolatus
Winter Firefly 22
Ellychnia corrusca
Painted Hickory Borer 43
Megacyllene caryae
Coleomegilla maculata lengi 2
Common Eastern Firefly 22
Photinus pyralis
Copris fricator 44
Yellow-horned Lepture 42
Strangalia luteicornis
Red-necked Cane Borer 45
Agrilus ruficollis
Orthostethus infuscatus 30
Larder Beetle 46
Dermestes lardarius
Helophorus 47
Banded Longhorn 48
Typocerus velutinus
Cereal Leaf Beetle 49
Oulema melanopus
Pterostichus melanarius 50
Platydema ellipticum 22
Locust Leaf Miner 22
Odontota dorsalis
Banded Net-winged Beetle 4
Calopteron reticulatum
Broad-necked Root Borer 51
Prionus laticollis
Parenthesis Ladybeetle 2
Hippodamia parenthesis
Golden Tortoise Beetle 52
Charidotella sexpunctata
Lebia viridis 22
Ivory-marked Borer Beetle 53
Eburia quadrigeminata
Omophron americanum 23
Adonis Ladybird 54
Hippodamia variegata
Ditemnus latilobus 23
Margined Blister Beetle 7
Epicauta funebris
Brown Prionid 55
Orthosoma brunneum
Elm Borer 24
Saperda tridentata
Tomentose Burying Beetle 56
Nicrophorus tomentosus
Striped Cucumber Beetle 22
Acalymma vittatum
Murky Ground Beetle 57
Harpalus caliginosus
false mealworm beetle 22
Alobates pensylvanica
Basswood Leaf Miner 58
Baliosus nervosus
Appalachian Tiger Beetle 34
Cicindela ancocisconensis
Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle 59
Cicindela patruela
Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle 60
Cicindela patruela patruela
Clytus ruricola 61
Four-spotted Sap Beetle 62
Glischrochilus quadrisignatus
Three-lined Potato Beetle 63
Lema daturaphila
Pseudanophthalmus krameri
Pseudanophthalmus ohioensis
Black Lordithon Rove Beetle 64
Lordithon niger
Silis 62

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