If you are interested in a particular group of beetles, there are 18 beetle recording schemes to choose from. Some of these schemes have their own web pages with more information about recording beetles within that group (follow the links on the scheme names).
Recording Schemes
Aquatic Coleoptera Recording SchemeAquatic Coleoptera - Water beetles |
Garth Foster Balfour-Browne Club, 3 Eglinton Terrace, Ayr, KA7 1JJ. |
Chrysomelidae Recording SchemeChrysomelidae - Leaf-and seed-beetles |
Michael Geiser |
Clown Beetles Recording SchemeHisteridae and Sphaeritidae - Clown Beetles |
Steve Lane 5 Lancaster Way, East Winch, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1NY |
Dermestidae Recording SchemeDermestidae (and Derodontidae) - Hide, larder and carpet beetles |
Graham Holloway School of Biological Sciences, Harborne Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AS. |
Elateroidea Recording SchemeElateroidea - Click beetles and allies |
Howard Mendel 22 Harvesters Way, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 7UR. |
Ground Beetle Recording SchemeCarabidae - Ground beetles |
Chris Foster |
Longhorn Beetle Recording SchemeCerambycidae - Longhorn beetles |
Organiser Wil Heeney c/o Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB |
Oil Beetle Recording SchemeMeloidae - Oil beetles |
Liam Olds |
Scarabaeoidea Recording SchemeScarabaeoidea - Dung beetles, chafers, stag beetles and their allies |
Scheme organiser Darren Mann Biological Records Centre Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wallingford Oxfordshire OX10 8BB UK |
Scirtidae Recording SchemeScirtidae - Scirtid beetles |
Jonty Denton 31 Thorn Lane, Four Marks, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5BX |
Silphidae Recording SchemeSilphidae - Carrion, burying and sexton beetles & relatives |
Role 1 Richard Wright c/o Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB |
Silphidae Recording SchemeSilphidae - Carrion, burying and sexton beetles & relatives |
Role 2 Matthew Esh c/o Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB |
Silphidae Recording SchemeSilphidae - Carrion, burying and sexton beetles & relatives |
Role 3 Ashleigh Whiffin c/o Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB |
Soldier Beetles and Allies Recording SchemeCantharidae, Drilidae, Lampyridae and Lycidae - Soldier beetles, glow-worms and allies |
Steph Skipp |
Staphylinidae Recording SchemeStaphylinidae - Rove beetles |
Co-organiser and verifier Don Stenhouse Curator of Natural Science, Bolton Museum, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Greater Manchester BL1 1SE |
Staphylinidae Recording SchemeStaphylinidae - Rove beetles |
Co-organiser Alison Thornhill |
Stenini Recording SchemeStenini - Staphylinid beetles: Stenus and Dianous |
Jonty Denton 31 Thorn Lane, Four Marks, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 5BX |
Tenebrionoidea Recording SchemeTenebrionoidea - Darkling beetles |
Scotty Dodd 1 Pine Cottages, Ash, Aldershot, Surrey GU12 6BZ |
UK Ladybird SurveyCoccinellidae - Ladybirds |
Team member Richard Comont |
UK Ladybird SurveyCoccinellidae - Ladybirds |
Helen Roy Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, OX10 8BB. |
Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording SchemeCurculionoidea - Weevils and Bark Beetles |
Adrian Fowles c/o Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB |
Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording SchemeCurculionoidea - Weevils and Bark Beetles |
Mark Gurney c/o Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB |
Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording SchemeCurculionoidea - Weevils and Bark Beetles |
Colin Campbell c/o Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB |