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BioAcoustica is a free, open repository of wildlife sound recordings from the Natural History Museum, London.

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Coleoptera

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Contains

Anobiidae1
Carabidae0
Cerambycidae1
Chrysomelidae0
Curculionoidea0
Dermestidae1
Dytiscidae3
Geotrupidae5
Hybosoridae0
Hydrophilidae0
Hygrobiidae0
Lucanidae0
Megalopodidae0
Passalidae1
Scarabaeidae3
Silphidae0

Recordings

576:7 Odontotaenius zodiacus (248)3:27
578:4 Acalolepta rusticator (Beetle) (711r4) 8-Nov2:32
2 Death-watch Beetle (Chris Watson)0:54
Dung Beetle Clicks0:22 · Lucia Chmurova
Acillus sulcatus by Jack Greenhalgh0:26
Hyphydrus ovatus by Jack Greenhalgh0:11
Corixa sp. (test) by Jack Greenhalgh0:10
TASCAM_00070:40 · Edward Baker
TASCAM_00080:33 · Edward Baker
TASCAM_00090:50 · Edward Baker
TASCAM_00100:32 · Edward Baker
TASCAM_00110:36 · Edward Baker
Pachnoda marginata larva feeding on apple405:35 · Edward Baker
Pachnoda marginata larva feeding on apple405:35 · Edward Baker
Pachnoda marginata larva feeding on apple189:19 · Edward Baker
Dermestes maculatus120:02 · Edward Baker

Specimens

Acalolepta rusticator NHMUK BMNH(E) 0102107491988-08-13 · E. Sismondo
Typhaeus typhoeus BioAcoustica Baker TEMPGB · 2018-05-30 · Edward Baker

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