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Beetle collection

Beetles Order Coleoptera

Armour, colour, structure and evolutionary invention brought together in one of the largest collections in the archive.

Beetles are among the most diverse and successful animals on Earth. This collection moves from families and subfamilies to individual species, preserving the full hierarchy while making every level easy to explore.

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The World of Beetles poster featuring 172 plus one beetles

The World of Beetles — 172 beetles plus one hidden surprise, photographed across five years.

172+1 beetles in the hero artwork
6 continents represented
5 years behind the poster
200k stacked macro frames
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Browse the beetle groups.

Choose a family, subfamily or related taxonomic group to jump directly to its species further down the page.

Cardinal Beetles

Pyrochroidae View group →

Carrion Beetles

Silphidae View group →

Checkered Beetles

Cleridae View group →

Click Beetles

Elateridae View group →

Clown Beetles

Histeridae View group →

Darkling Beetles

Tenebrionidae View group →

Earth-boring Dung Beetles

Geotrupidae View group →

False Blister Beetles

Oedemeridae View group →

False Click Beetles

Eucnemidae View group →

Flower Chafers

Cetoniinae View group →

Ground Beetles

Carabidae View group →

Jewel Beetles

Buprestidae View group →

Ladybirds

Coccinellidae View group →

Leaf Beetles

Chrysomelidae View group →

Longhorn Beetles

Cerambycidae View group →

Rove Beetles

Staphylinidae View group →

Scarab Beetles

Scarabaeidae View group →

Soldier Beetles

Cantharidae View group →

Stag Beetles

Lucanidae View group →

Tiger Beetles

Cicindelinae View group →

Weevils

Curculionoidea View group →

Browse the beetle families

228 published species in this collection.

228Published galleries
1,041Public photographs
1,041Available as prints

228 species

Cardinal Beetles — Pyrochroidae

1 species

Carrion Beetle — Silphidae

1 species

Checkered Beetle — Cleridae

2 species

Click Beetles — Elateridae

3 species

Clown Beetles — Histeridae

1 species

Darkling Beetle — Tenebrionidae

5 species

Earth-boring Dung Beetle — Geotrupidae

3 species

False Blister Beetle — Oedemeridae

1 species

False Click Beetle — Eucnemidae

1 species

Flower Beetle — Cetoniinae

19 species

Ground Beetle — Carabidae

12 species

Jewel Beetles — Buprestidae

15 species

Ladybird Beetle — Coccinellidae

2 species

Leaf Beetle — Chrysomelidae

12 species

Long-horn Beetle — Cerambycidae

42 species

Rove Beetle — Staphylinidae

1 species

Scarab Beetle — Scarabaeidae

16 species

Soldier Beetle — Cantharidae

1 species

Soldier Beetle — Elateroidea

1 species

Stag Beetle — Lucanidae

13 species

Tiger Beetle — Cicindelinae

59 species

Weevil Beetle — Curculionoidea

17 species
Around the World In …

Four beetle collections as fine art prints.

From a museum-scale archive of beetle diversity to focused portraits of tiger beetles, these prints turn years of macro photography into large-format wall pieces.

The World of Beetles poster
Beetle collection

Around the World in 172+1 Beetles

A museum-scale visual archive representing six continents, five years of work and 200,000 stacked macro frames.

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Around the World in 33 Beetles poster
Square beetle poster

Around the World in 33 Beetles

Thirty-three beetles arranged as a clean square composition celebrating colour, pattern, armour and form.

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Around the World in 21 Tiger Beetles poster
Tiger beetle portraits

Around the World in 21 Tiger Beetles

A portrait-led poster focused on the speed, colour, pattern and predatory character of tiger beetles.

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Around the World in 60 Tiger Beetles poster
Limited edition

Around the World in 60 Tiger Beetles

Sixty species shown through both head portraits and whole-body views, created from more than four years of work.

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