Beetles

Longhorn beetle (Rhagium mordax) Glencanisp. Photo A.Haines

Black Marram Weevil (Otiorhynchus atroapterus) feeding on Marsh Horsetail (Equisetum palustre) Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines

Black Marram Weevil (Otiorhynchus atroapterus) feeding on Marsh Horsetail (Equisetum palustre) Culkein Stoer. Photo D.Haines

14-spot Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecim-guttata) Culag Woods. Photo S.Matheson

Ground beetle (Carabus clatratus) nr Lochinver Primary School. Photo G.Smith

Two-banded longhorn beetle (Rhagium bifasciatum) Lochinver. Photo G.Smith

Mating Carrion Beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) 'Glen Road'. Photo D.Haines

Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) east of Stoer Cemetery. Photo D.Haines

Orchid Beetle (Dascillus cervinus) on Guelder Rose, Torbreck. Photo G.Richards

Water beetle female (Agabus sp.) Achmelvich beach. Photo D. Haines

Dung Beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) nr Oldany. Photo D. Haines

Larch Ladybird (Aphidecta obliterata) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines

Larch Ladybird (Aphidecta obliterata) Culkein Stoer. Photo D. Haines

Ground Beetle (Carabus clatratus) Traligill. Photo D. Clark

Ground Beetle (Carabus glabratus) Traligill. Photo D. Clark

Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) Stoer Lighthouse. Photo D. Haines

Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) Torbreck. Photo J. Wright

10-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) Stoerhead Lighthouse. Photo S. Pearce

Ground beetle (Carabus problematicus) nr Loch Cul Fraoich. Photo C. Cant

Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) near Rhicarn. Photo D. Haines

Soldier Beetle (Podabrus alpinus) Lochinver. Photo D. Haines

Carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) Little Assynt. Photo D. Haines

Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) Badnaban. Photo D. Bird

Hairy Rove Beetle (Creophilus maxillosus) Port Alltan na Bradhan. Photo D. Haines

Dytiscus beetle larva praying on frog tadpole Torbreck garden pond. Photo G. Richards

Bronze Ground-beetle (Carabus nemoralis) Badnaban. Photo L. Pearce

Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina staphylaea) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines

Smooth Ground-beetle (Carabus oeocarabus) near Bone Caves car park. Photo L. Pearce

Oil Beetle - female (Meloe violaceus) Torgawn NC2132. Photo D. O'Driscoll

Clown beetle (Margarinotus striola) Nedd. Photo I. Evans.

Ground Beetle (Pterostichus cupreus) Torbreck. Photo G. Richards

Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus investigator) Clachtoll. Photo T. Williams

Large Longhorn Beetle (Rhagium mordax). Photo M. Snowdon

Click Beetle (Ctenicera cuprea) in Clachtoll garden. Photo A. Cook

Oil Beetles (Meloe violaceus), mating on track near Loch Poll. Photo D. Haines

Carrion Beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracicum) Lochinver garden. Photo R. Robertson

Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris) between River Inver and Glencanisp. Photo D. Haines

Male Oil Beetle (Meloe violaceus) near Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines

Dung Beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius) near Oldany estuary. Photo I. Evans

Dung Beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) near Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines