Beetles in Michigan

Michigan has many big beetles dwelling here, the most prominent one being the reddish-brown stag beetle, the state’s largest identified by its large pincers. The shiny black Asian long-horned beetle known for its ability to fly at short distances is concol3red an invasive pest here, mainly infesting maple trees. The common house pests like the drugstore, and carpet beetles, cause a nuisance to most homes.

Beetles in Michigan (MI)

Largest Beetles: Reddish-brown Stag Beetle, Asian long-horned Beetle, Emerald Ash Borer Beetle

Smallest Beetles: Black Carpet Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle, Drugstore Beetle

Most Common Beetles: Black Carpet Beetle, Varied Carpet Beetle, Asiatic Garden Beetle, Japanese Beetle

Longhorn Beetles

Asian Long-horned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle (Monochamus scutellatus)
Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
Cottonwood Borer Beetle (Plectrodera scalator)
Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle (Graphisurus fasciatus)
Brown Prionid Beetle (Orthosoma brunneum)
Flower Long-horned Beetle (Strangalia famelica)
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle (Monochamus scutellatus)

Stag Beetles

Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus)

Jewel Beetles

Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)

Water Beetles

Hungerford’s Crawling Water Beetle (Brychius hungerfordi)

Leaf Beetles

Elm Leaf Beetle (Xanthogaleruca luteola)
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)
Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)
Mint Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina herbacea)
Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii)
Dogwood Leaf Beetle (Calligrapha philadelphica)
Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)
Red-headed Flea Beetle (Systena frontalis)
Clavate Tortoise Beetle (Plagiometriona clavata)

Skin Beetles

Black Carpet Beetle (Attagenus unicolor)
Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)

Click Beetles

Eastern Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus)

True Weevils

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil Beetle (Polydrusus formosus)
Acorn and Nut Weevil Beetle (Curculio glandium)
Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)

Ant-like Leaf Beetles

Monoceros Beetle (Notoxus monoceros)

Blister Beetles

Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta funebris)

Ladybird Beetles

Three-banded Lady Beetle (Coccinella trifasciata)
Spotless Ladybird Beetle (Cycloneda sanguine)
15-spotted Ladybird Beetle (Anatis labiculata)
Harlequin Ladybird Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

Sap Beetles

Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida)
Four-spotted Sap Beetle (Glischrochilus quadrisignatus)

Ground Beetles

Wood Ground-beetle (Carabus nemoralis)

Predaceous Diving Beetles

Giant Diving Beetle (Cybister fimbriolatus)

Rove Beetles

Large Rove Beetle (Platydracus maculosus)

Ptinidae Beetles

Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum)

Scarab Beetles

Goldsmith Beetle (Cotalpa lanigera)
Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica)
Asiatic Garden Beetle (Maladera castanea)
Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata)

Rhinoceros Beetles

Hercules Beetle (Dynastes hercules)
Rhinoceros/Unicorn Beetle (Xyloryctes jamaicensis)

Newly Added Beetles

Asparagus Beetles (Crioceris)

Cactus Longhorn Beetles (Moneilema)

Hoplia Beetles (Hoplia)

Jewel Scarab Beetles (Chrysina)

Harmonia Beetles (Harmonia)