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.

hairy rove beetle ¹
Creophilus maxillosus

Platydracus maculosus ²

Devil's Coach-horse Beetle ³
Ocypus olens

Ontholestes tessellatus ⁴

gold-and-brown rove beetle ⁵
Ontholestes cingulatus

Platydracus violaceus ⁶

Platydracus cinnamopterus ⁷

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