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All images on this website have been taken in Leicestershire and Rutland by NatureSpot members. We welcome new contributions - just register and use the Submit Records form to post your photos. Click on any image below to visit the species page. The RED / AMBER / GREEN dots indicate how easy it is to identify the species - see our Identification Difficulty page for more information. A coloured rating followed by an exclamation mark denotes that different ID difficulties apply to either males and females or to the larvae - see the species page for more detail.
Beetles
Gyrinidae - Whirlygig beetles
Haliplidae - Crawling water beetles
Noteridae - Burrowing water beetles
Hygrobiidae - Screech beetles
Dytiscidae - Predaceous diving beetles
Key to the larger water beetles (in Dutch but with very useful images and illustrations)
Carabidae - Ground beetles
Martin Luff (2007), The Carabidae (ground beetles) of Britain and Ireland. Handbooks for the identification of British Insects, Vol 4, Part 2, RES
Video: An Introduction to UK Ground Beetles, including a presentation, quiz and question and answer session - Chris Foster, Ground Beetle Recording Scheme
The Ground Beetles of Ireland - great photos of live beetles. Has a photographic key.
John Walters ID guides: