Plagen, zwemmers en reuzen

Pests, swimmers and giants

Beetles in the potato field, in the beam and in the pond, and the largest ones of the tropics. Hover a picture, or tap it on a phone, to hear the name.

16 words

Image credits

Photographs and drawings come from Wikimedia Commons and are reproduced under the licences below. All have been resized and converted to WebP for this site; they are otherwise unaltered.

de coloradokever — Colorado_potato_beetle.jpg by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, Public domain
het leliehaantje — Scarlet_lily_beetles_(Lilioceris_lilii)_mating.jpg by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0
de letterzetter — Ips_typographus_(female).jpg by Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0
de houtworm — Anobium_punctatum01.jpg by Entomart, Attribution
de huisboktor — Cerambycidae_-_Hylotrupes_bajulus_(male).JPG by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0
de bonte knaagkever — Xestobium.rufovillosum.jpg by Sarefo, CC BY-SA 3.0
de meeltor — Tenebrio_molitor_Linné,_1758_(32842137535).png by Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0
de spekkever — Dermestes_lardarius_-_top_(aka).jpg by André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5
de museumkever — Dermestidae_-_Anthrenus_verbasci.JPG by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0
de graanklander — Sitophilus granarius TP03.jpg by Tobias 67, CC BY-SA 4.0
de geelgerande waterkever — Schiermonnikoog - Gewone geelrand (Dytiscus marginalis).jpg by Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0
het schrijvertje — Gyrinus_substriatus_Stephens,_1828_(3968701087)_(2).jpg by Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0
de spinnende watertor — Großer_Kolbenwasserkäfer_Hydrous_piceus_1.jpg by Darkone, CC BY-SA 2.5
de herculeskever — Dynastes_hercules_ecuatorianus_MHNT.jpg by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
de goliathkever — Goliath_beetle.jpg by fir0002, CC BY-SA 3.0
de heilige pillenkever — Scarabaeus.sacer.jpg by Sarefo, CC BY-SA 3.0