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Bug of the Month archive

This is an archived list of all previous Bug of the Month entries I have featured on the home page, a feature I added to the site in April 2024. Enjoy perusing the various arthropod friends on this page!

2026 Archive


  • January 2026-Ocypus olens, the Devil's Coach Horse Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oypus) Image credit: H.P. Widmer, 2019.

    • 2025 Archive


  • December 2025-Argyroneta aquatica, the Diving Bell Spider (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneomorphae, Argyronetidae, Argyroneta) Image credit: Norbert Schuller, 2009 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • November 2025-Sinodendron cylindricum, the Horned Stag Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Syndesinae, Sinodendron) Image credit: iNaturalist user kvetoslav_vychuchol, 2018 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • October 2025-Chiasognathus grantii, the Chilean Stag Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Chiasognathus) Image credit: iNaturalist user nitsuga74, 2023 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • September 2025-Allomyrina dichotoma, the Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Allomyrina) Image credit: LiCheng Shih, 2018 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • August 2025-Cicadetta montana, known in the UK as the New Forest Cicada (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadidae, Cicadettinae, Cicadetta) Image credit: Elena Victorovna Sergeeva, 2019 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • July 2025-Dytiscus marginalis, the Great Diving Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Dytiscus) Image credit: Bram Koese, 2006 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • June 2025-Triops longicaudatus, a species of tadpole shrimp (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Notostraca, Triopsidae, Triops) Image credit: Dominik Tomaszewski, 2006 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • May 2025-Hololepta plana, a species of clown beetle (Insecta, Coletoptera, Histeridae, Hololepta) Image credit: B. Shoenmakers (Waarneming.nl), 2023 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • April 2025-Arachnocampa luminosa, the New Zealand Glow Worm (Insecta, Diptera, Keroplatidae, Arachnocampa) Image credit: Mnolf, 2005 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • March 2025-Dorcus parallelipipedus, the Lesser Stag Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae) Image credit: Slimguy, 2016 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • February 2025-Mallophora leschenaulti, the Belzebul Bee-Eater (Insecta, Diptera, Asilidae) Image credit: Jim McCulloch, Flickr, 2009

  • January 2025-Dynastes hercules, the Hercules Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae) Image credit: Furry Yui, 2009 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

    • 2024 Archive


  • December 2024-Platerodrilus montanus, the trilobite beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Lycidae, Leptolycinae) Image credit: Michal Masek & Ladislav Bocak, 2014 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • November 2024-Coscinocera hercules, the Hercules Moth (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) Image credit: Jerrye and Roy Klotz MD, 2007 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • October 2024-Trichonephila clavata, the Joro spider (Arachnida, Araneae, Nephilidae). Image credit: Christina Butler, 2020 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • September 2024-Scolopendra gigantea, the Amazonian giant centipede (Myriapoda, Chilopoda, Scolopendramorpha, Scolopendridae). Image credit: Katka Nemčoková, 2011 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • August 2024-Deinopis longipes, the net-casting spider (Arachnida, Araneae, Deinopidae). Image credit: Judy Gallagher, 2015 (accessed via Flickr).

  • July 2024-Dynastes tityus, the Eastern Hercules Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae). Image credit: Mr4567, 2007 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • June 2024-Idolomantis diabolia, the Devil's Flower Mantis (Insecta, Mantodea, Empusidae). Image credit: Drägüs on Wikimedia Commons, 2011.

  • May 2024-Caenocholax fenyesi, a twisted wing parasite (Insecta, Strepsiptera, Myrmecolacidae). Image credit: D. Pierce, 1911 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).

  • April 2024-Dynastes satanas, Satan beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae). Image credit: Musée d'histoire naturelle de Lille, 2008 (accessed via Wikimedia Commons).