6 BEETLES

ENCOUNTERED at

HILTON POND NORTH

CICINDELIDAE (Tiger Beetles)

     Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, Cicindela sexguttata (above, male & female mating)

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CERAMBICIDAE (Longhorn Beetles)

     Brown Prionid, Orthosoma brunneum

SCARABAEIDAE (Scarab Beetles)

     Rough Hermit Beetle, Osmoderma scabra

     Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica *

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At least 7,000 Beetle species have been documented across North Carolina, making this one of the most diverse U.S. states for these insects that have two membranous wings and another hard pair (elytra) that protect them. The following checklist includes all beetles encountered and identified at Hilton Pond North.

* = Non-native species

SILPHIDAE (Carrion Beetles)

     Roundneck Sexton Beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis

     Pustulated Carrion Beetle, Nicrophorus pustulatus