Rod Williams / Longhorn beetle (Rutpela / Strangalia maculata) feeding on Dog rose flower, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Musk beetle (Aromia moschata) taking off, South Karelia, Finland, August.

Jussi Murtosaari / Timberman beetle (Acanthocinus aedili) showing antennae which are four times the length of its body, central Finland, May.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Long-jawed longhorn beetle (Trachyderes mandibularis) close up head portrait, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Nick Upton / Great capricorn / Great oak longhorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo), one of the largest beetles in Europe, on tree trunk, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, June.

Kim Taylor / Wasp / Longhorn Beetle (Clytus arietus) against a white background. Surrey, UK, June.

Stephen Dalton / Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) close up, portrait

Stephen Dalton / Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) in flight, Venezuela, South America.

Stephen Dalton / Longhorn beetle (Batus barbicornis) in flight over wild rose. uk

Stephen Dalton / Spotted longhorn beetle {Rutpela maculata} in flight over foxglove flowers, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford / Longhorn beetle (Agapanthia ? sp) on wood, Do?? National & Natural Park, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Longhorn beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens) Digne les Bains, France, May 2009. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Male Longhorn beetle (Stenocorus sp) Queyras Natural Park, France, May 2009. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Tanner / Sawyer beetle (Prionus coriarius) on Oak branch, Djerdap National Park, Serbia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Tanner / Sawyer beetle (Prionus coriarius) silhouetted on Oak branch at dusk, Djerdap National Park, Serbia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Tanner / Sawyer beetle (Prionus coriarius) silhouetted on branch at dusk, Djerdab National Park, Serbia, June 2009

Kim Taylor / Four-banded longhorn beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) female, Surrey, England

Kim Taylor / Longhorn beetle (Longicornia) captive, from Trinidad, West Indies

Kim Taylor / Longhorn beetle (Longicornia) taking off, captive, from Trinidad, West Indies, digital composite

Kim Taylor / Longhorn beetle (Longicornia) in flight, captive, from Trinidad, West Indies, digital composite

Kim Taylor / Wood-boring / Longhorn beetle {Rhagium mordax} pupa in Oak wood. UK.

Kim Taylor / Wood-boring / Longhorn beetle {Rhagium mordax} on bracken. UK.

Piotr Naskrecki / Longhorn Beetle (Tithoes confinis) on hand, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Cyril Ruoso / Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae), Pacaya Samiria National Park, Peru

Duncan Usher / Tanner Beetle (Prionus coriarius) female showing ovipositor, Lower Saxony, Germany

Ross Hoddinott / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) on fern (Tracheophyta) Somerset, Somerset Levels, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Welsh oak longhorn beetle (Pyrrhidium sanguineum) basking on limestone rock in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Four-banded longhorn beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) on a tree stump, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, July.

Linda Pitkin / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) on flowering Wild carrot (Daucus carota), Nutfield Marsh Nature Reserve, Surrey, England. July.

Chris Mattison / Speckled longhorn beetle (Pachytodes cerambyciformis) crawling on a flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Chris Mattison / Speckled longhorn beetle (Pachytodes cerambyciformis) on white background, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Stephen Dalton / Longhorn beetle (Strangalia maculata) crawling over flowers, Susses, UK. August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Longhorn beetle (Stenurella bifasciata) feeding on yellow flowers, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Female Longhorn beetle (Stenopterus ater) feeding on thistle flower head, Umbria, Italy. July.

John Cancalosi / Cactus longhorn beetle (Moneilema gigas) flightless black beetle feeding on Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp.) Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.

John Cancalosi / Red milkweed beetles (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) three on Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) mating pair and interloper, Maryland, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) mating on Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. July.

Doug Wechsler / Male Flat-faced longhorn beetle (Graphisurus fasciatus) on dead American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) trunk, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. July.

Ross Hoddinott / Four-banded longhorn beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata), Volehouse Farm, Devon. UK. August .

Alex Hyde / Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens) photographed on a white backgrond in mobile field studio. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. June. Focus stacked image.

Rod Williams / Black-striped longhornbeetles (Stenurella melanura) mating pair on Ox-eye daisy, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK, June

Nick Upton / Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis) visiting a Rhododendron flower, Dorset heathland, UK, May.

Pal Hermansen / Musk beetle (Aromia moschata) flying off, Akershus / Viken, Norway, July.

Chris Mattison / Spotted Longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) Dixton Embankment, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Pal Hermansen / RF - Longhorn beetle (Leptura sp) taking off from Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower. Akershus, Viken, Norway. July. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Jussi Murtosaari / Golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens) on leaf. Joutenso, South Karelia, Finland. July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Four-banded longhorn beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) on Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria). Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. July.