Beetles (Coleoptera)
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Glasgow Museums has an interesting and varied collection of over 65,000 beetle specimens (Coleoptera) which date from the 1878 to the present.
This collection contains dried and pinned adults, specimens of all life stages preserved in alcohol, dung balls and a few displays in small cases depicting beetle life cycles. It has good examples of both British and foreign ground beetles (carabids). There is an interesting collection of scarab beetles that Hugh Klemperer collected when studying their ecology, morphology and behaviour. There is also important Scottish material collected by Thomas Gordon, which includes specimens exchanged with key coleopterists of his time. The collection contains a wealth of historical material from across the world, from the mid-1800s up to the present day. This includes large collections from India, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Australia, and Africa.
About beetles
One in every three insects is a beetle. There are about 350,000 beetle species worldwide and 4,000 species are found in the United Kingdom. They are incredibly varied in appearance, size and habit. Ladybirds, glow-worms, and woodworm are all beetles, and so are weevils, oil beetles, soldier beetles and stag beetles. - Broader term
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