Dear Friends,
First, a big thank you to all the participants of Beetle Mania 2022 event. This is the first, and hopefully with your participation and support we can widen interest in and knowledge of these beautiful jewels of nature with more talks, walks and observations.
The 7 day observation event from, 22nd to 28th August, had 173 Observers and 83 identifiers.
1157 beetle observations were submitted from 23 states and union territories.
Karnataka, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal being the top three contributors. A full list of all the represented States and Union Territories is in Annexure 1
83 Identifiers helped to identify 217 species. There are 236 research grade and quite amazingly only two casual observations.
Quality Grade | Observation Count | |
---|---|---|
Research | 236 | |
Needs ID | 919 | |
Casual | 2 | |
Total Result | 1157 |
This entire note is available as a PDF - here
A first event to encourage an interest in Beetles (Order Coleoptera) among nature enthusiasts, students, rural natural historians in India.
Beetle Mania 2022 was organized under the aegis of India's Nature Monsoon Beauty 2022.
In the 7 day observation period a total of 1157 beetles were observed, these included :
Rank | Species (Scientific Name) | Common (or General ) Name | Observation Count | Family |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zygogramma bicolorata | Parthenium Beetle | 45 | Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) |
2 | Aulacophora indica | Skeletonizing Leaf and Flea Beetles | 35 | Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) |
3 | Hycleus biundulatus | 24 | Blister Beetles (Meloidae) | |
4 | Coccinella transversalis | Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle | 22 | Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) |
5 | Cheilomenes sexmaculata | Six-spotted Zigzag Ladybird | 15 | Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) |
6 | Clinteria klugi | Flower Scarabs | 15 | Scarabs (Scarabaeidae) |
7 | Aspidimorpha furcata | Furcated Tortoise Beetle | 13 | Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) |
8 | Agrilus acutus | Spiral Borer | 12 | Jewel Beetles (Buprestidae) |
9 | Coccinella septempunctata | Seven-spotted Lady Beetle | 11 | Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) |
10 | Platycorynus peregrinus | 9 | Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) |
*This list is of the top 10 species Later in Annexure 2 a complete list of beetles identified till Species, and Genus is provided. *
Rank | Family Name (Taxa) | Popular Name | Observation Count |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chrysomelidae | Leaf Beetles | 341 |
2 | Scarabaeidae | Scarabs | 247 |
3 | Coccinellidae | Lady Beetles | 120 |
4 | Curculionidae | True Weevils | 83 |
5 | Tenebrionidae | Darkling Beetles | 46 |
6 | Carabidae | Ground Beetles | 44 |
7 | Meloidae | Blister Beetles | 44 |
8 | Cerambycidae | Longhorn Beetles | 31 |
9 | Lycidae | Net-winged Beetles | 24 |
10 | Attelabidae | Leaf-rolling Weevils | 16 |
Thank you to all the identifiers. Without them our Beetle Event would be much less interesting.
The top 10 identifiers of Beetles during the event are
Rank | Identifier | Identifications | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
1 | @sdjbrown | 243 | 1st |
2 | @rob-westerduijn | 153 | 2nd |
3 | @ram_k | 106 | DNQ |
4 | @borisb | 84 | 3rd |
5 | @malacoderm | 41 | |
6 | @herman83 | 23 | |
7 | @ambytbfl | 22 | |
8 | @beetlemaniac | 18 | |
9 | @nimithatr | 18 | |
10 | @stegobups | 16 |
The top 3 identifiers would receive a beetle related gift, while all who made 50 or more identifications would receive a certificate identifiers
The full list of identifiers is at the end of the article in Annexure 4.
The Table below shows the how many identifications were made by how many different people. the bulk of the identifications are by a small subset of identifiers, indicate that Beetle identification not easy and that it is an area that needs more resources (guides and material) and more involvement
Number of Identifications (Range) | Number of People |
---|---|
> 200 | 1 |
151 to 200 | 1 |
101 to 150 | 1 |
51 to 100 | 1 |
21 to 50 | 3 |
11 to 20 | 8 |
6 to 10 | 6 |
2 to 5 | 25 |
1 | 37 |
As at the time of counting (00:06 am on the morning of 8th September 2022) 173 people had submitted 1163 beetle observations.
The top 10 observers are ranked and listed below.
S.no | Observers | Observations | Species | Rank by Observations |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | @rajkoranga | 184 | 14 | 1st |
2 | @kunikimu | 161 | 17 | 2nd |
3 | @finding_nimo_ | 69 | 3 | 3rd |
4 | @ram_k | 67 | 3 | DNQ |
5 | @dhrish_krish | 61 | 11 | Certificate |
6 | @abhiapc | 61 | 18 | Certificate |
7 | @venusclickz | 53 | 7 | Certificate |
8 | @debashischowdhury | 51 | 6 | Certificate |
9 | @purabchowdhury | 48 | 7 | |
10 | @renjithjacobmathews | 36 | 9 |
Observers with over 50 observations qualify for an event certificate, while the top 3 observers would receive special beetle related souvenirs.
The full list of observers is in Annexure 5
The event is likely to have attracted many 1st time observers, and the observations show the typical skew of some dedicated observers.
Observation Range | Observers | % Contribution |
---|---|---|
150-200 | 1 | 15.82% |
101 to 150 | 1 | 13.84% |
51 to 100 | 6 | 31.13% |
21 to 50 | 2 | 7.22% |
11 to 20 | 5 | 6.36% |
6 to 10 | 6 | 4.13% |
5 Observations | 6 | 2.58% |
4 Observations | 8 | 2.75% |
3 Observations | 10 | 2.58% |
2 Observations | 30 | 5.16% |
1 Observation | 98 | 8.43% |
Total | 173 | 100.00% |
Totally 173 people participated in the event
of these 143 members posted observations, while 33 joined the project purely as identifiers.
110 observers posted observations via the direct add to project option, while 63 joined the project.
Apart from the observation event some additional programmes were organized
India's Nature - Beetle Mania 2022 Observation Event 22nd to 28th August 2022
Project Link
27th August 2022, Dr Kailash Chandra, Beetle Diversity of the Himalayas (Zoom)
Video will be made available soon
Beetle Mania 2022 was a collaborative effort.
India's Nature
DiversityIndia
East Coast Conservation Team
Flabella Ecoservices LLP
Himal Prakriti – A Trust for Nature
Nature Mates-Nature Club
Nature Science Initiative
Titli Trust
Thank you to our volunteers who helped with design, data and some social media :
Online resources (zoom) and some financial support were received from Uma and S Kalyanaraman and Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman
All the data is collated as on (as on 08/09/22 (between) 00:00 and 00:10 a.m IST)
Rank | State or Union Territory | Observation - Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Karnataka | 267 |
2 | Uttarakhand | 231 |
3 | West Bengal | 164 |
4 | Tamil Nadu | 162 |
5 | Andhra Pradesh | 74 |
6 | Maharashtra | 72 |
7 | Gujarat | 65 |
8 | Kerala | 62 |
9 | Chhattisgarh | 28 |
10 | Rajasthan | 5 |
11 | Assam | 4 |
12 | Telangana | 4 |
13 | Odisha | 3 |
14 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2 |
15 | Goa | 2 |
16 | Himachal Pradesh | 2 |
17 | Meghalaya | 2 |
18 | Sikkim | 2 |
19 | Uttar Pradesh | 2 |
20 | Bihar | 1 |
21 | Haryana | 1 |
22 | Jharkhand | 1 |
23 | Nagaland | 1 |
Total Observations | 1157 |
Rank | Species (Scientific Name) | Observation Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Zygogramma bicolorata | 45 |
2 | Aulacophora indica | 35 |
3 | Hycleus biundulatus | 24 |
4 | Coccinella transversalis | 22 |
5 | Cheilomenes sexmaculata | 15 |
6 | Clinteria klugi | 15 |
7 | Aspidimorpha furcata | 13 |
8 | Agrilus acutus | 12 |
9 | Coccinella septempunctata | 11 |
10 | Platycorynus peregrinus | 9 |
11 | Protaetia aurichalcea | 9 |
12 | Heterorrhina elegans | 8 |
13 | Hoplasoma unicolor | 8 |
14 | Laccoptera nepalensis | 8 |
15 | Cassida circumdata | 6 |
16 | Cyrtozemia cognata | 5 |
17 | Lema praeusta | 5 |
18 | Gametis versicolor | 4 |
19 | Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata | 4 |
20 | Maladera formosae | 4 |
21 | Oryctes rhinoceros | 4 |
22 | Xystrocera globosa | 4 |
23 | Anthia sexguttata | 3 |
24 | Aspidimorpha miliaris | 3 |
25 | Aspidimorpha sanctaecrucis | 3 |
26 | Curinus coeruleus | 3 |
27 | Epepeotes uncinatus | 3 |
28 | Meristata sexmaculata | 3 |
29 | Micraspis discolor | 3 |
30 | Myllocerus undecimpustulatus | 3 |
31 | Peribleptus scalptus | 3 |
32 | Sagra femorata | 3 |
33 | Sphenoraia hopei | 3 |
34 | Broscus cephalotes | 2 |
35 | Calvia albida | 2 |
36 | Celosterna scabrator | 2 |
37 | Chilocorus nigritus | 2 |
38 | Cteniopinus semicoccineus | 2 |
39 | Epicauta hirticornis | 2 |
40 | Epilachna varivestis | 2 |
41 | Episomus chinensis | 2 |
42 | Lema lacertosa | 2 |
43 | Lilioceris cheni | 2 |
44 | Monolepta signata | 2 |
45 | Nicrophorus nepalensis | 2 |
46 | Oides palleata | 2 |
47 | Paratrachelophorus nodicornis | 2 |
48 | Parindalmus vestitus | 2 |
49 | Phrynocaria perrotteti | 2 |
50 | Sternuchopsis fabricii | 2 |
51 | Adoretus sinicus | 1 |
52 | Anomala perplexa | 1 |
53 | Anomala rufiventris | 1 |
54 | Anthelephila pedestris | 1 |
55 | Apomecyna saltator | 1 |
56 | Aspidolopha decora | 1 |
57 | Aulacophora nigripennis | 1 |
58 | Basilepta subcostata | 1 |
59 | Brassicogethes aeneus | 1 |
60 | Callistethus auronitens | 1 |
61 | Callistethus marginatus | 1 |
62 | Campsosternus auratus | 1 |
63 | Catharsius molossus | 1 |
64 | Chilocorus cacti | 1 |
65 | Chiridopsis bipunctata | 1 |
66 | Chlaenius emarginatus | 1 |
67 | Chrysochroa rajah | 1 |
68 | Chrysolina sturmi | 1 |
69 | Clinteria confinis | 1 |
70 | Copris lunaris | 1 |
71 | Coptops aedificator | 1 |
72 | Cordylocera livida | 1 |
73 | Cosmogaster lateralis | 1 |
74 | Craspedophorus mandarinus | 1 |
75 | Cryptalaus sordidus | 1 |
76 | Cryptocephalus sexsignatus | 1 |
77 | Diapromorpha turcica | 1 |
78 | Epilachna tredecimnotata | 1 |
79 | Epuraea aestiva | 1 |
80 | Eretes griseus | 1 |
81 | Halyzia sanscrita | 1 |
82 | Harmonia dimidiata | 1 |
83 | Henosepilachna pusillanima | 1 |
84 | Hippodamia variegata | 1 |
85 | Hoplapoderus gemmatus | 1 |
86 | Illeis confusa | 1 |
87 | Luperomorpha vittata | 1 |
88 | Micraspis univittata | 1 |
89 | Monolepta orientalis | 1 |
90 | Myllocerus dorsatus | 1 |
91 | Myllocerus viridanus | 1 |
92 | Necrobia ruficollis | 1 |
93 | Necrobia rufipes | 1 |
94 | Necrophila rufithorax | 1 |
95 | Oides affinis | 1 |
96 | Olenecamptus bilobus | 1 |
97 | Paragymnopleurus sinuatus | 1 |
98 | Paridea octomaculata | 1 |
99 | Podontia quatuordecimpunctata | 1 |
100 | Popillia japonica | 1 |
101 | Prosopocoilus biplagiatus | 1 |
102 | Rhynchophorus ferrugineus | 1 |
103 | Rosalia lateritia | 1 |
104 | Serica brunnea | 1 |
105 | Sternocera sternicornis | 1 |
106 | Sternochetus mangiferae | 1 |
107 | Strigapoderus tranquebaricus | 1 |
108 | Xylobiops basilaris | 1 |
Total Observations | 395 |
Rank | Family Name | Observation- Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Chrysomelidae | 341 |
2 | Scarabaeidae | 247 |
3 | Coccinellidae | 120 |
4 | Curculionidae | 83 |
5 | Tenebrionidae | 46 |
6 | Carabidae | 44 |
7 | Meloidae | 44 |
8 | Cerambycidae | 31 |
9 | Lycidae | 24 |
10 | Attelabidae | 16 |
11 | Buprestidae | 16 |
12 | Lampyridae | 14 |
13 | Elateridae | 13 |
14 | Staphylinidae | 10 |
15 | Cantharidae | 9 |
16 | Hydrophilidae | 6 |
17 | Lucanidae | 6 |
18 | Anthicidae | 4 |
19 | Anthribidae | 4 |
20 | Cleridae | 4 |
21 | Erotylidae | 4 |
22 | Nitidulidae | 4 |
23 | Dytiscidae | 3 |
24 | Endomychidae | 3 |
25 | Scirtidae | 3 |
26 | Silphidae | 3 |
27 | Silvanidae | 3 |
28 | Brentidae | 2 |
29 | Cryptophagidae | 2 |
30 | Histeridae | 2 |
31 | Prionoceridae | 2 |
32 | Ptinidae | 2 |
33 | Bostrichidae | 1 |
34 | Callirhipidae | 1 |
35 | Dermestidae | 1 |
36 | Gyrinidae | 1 |
37 | Laemophloeidae | 1 |
38 | Melyridae | 1 |
39 | Mordellidae | 1 |
40 | Passalidae | 1 |
41 | Ptilodactylidae | 1 |
Total Observation | 1124 |
** Totally out of 1157 beetles observed some could only be identified to a higher taxonomic level (Super Family, Suborder or Order (Coleoptera)*
(as on 08/09/22 time 00:07:38 am IST)
S.no | Observers | Observations | Species |
---|---|---|---|
1 | @rajkoranga | 184 | 14 |
2 | @kunikimu | 161 | 17 |
3 | @finding_nimo_ | 69 | 3 |
4 | @ram_k | 67 | 3 |
5 | @dhrish_krish | 61 | 11 |
6 | @abhiapc | 61 | 18 |
7 | @venusclickz | 53 | 7 |
8 | @debashischowdhury | 51 | 6 |
9 | @purabchowdhury | 48 | 7 |
10 | @renjithjacobmathews | 36 | 9 |
11 | @tusharagarwal18 | 19 | 7 |
12 | @itsamantis | 16 | 7 |
13 | @triloksinghrana | 16 | 0 |
14 | @srichakrapranav | 12 | 7 |
15 | @avipsha_mondal | 11 | 5 |
16 | @seemamerchant | 10 | 3 |
17 | @bonpradhan | 9 | 1 |
18 | @aniruddha_singhamahapatra | 9 | 0 |
19 | @sanjaysondhi | 8 | 0 |
20 | @mohua | 6 | 0 |
21 | @shanmukhavarma | 6 | 1 |
22 | @cs21b013 | 5 | 0 |
23 | @aparnarao | 5 | 2 |
24 | @the_forest_spirit | 5 | 2 |
25 | @vikrantk | 5 | 2 |
26 | @kapil_chand | 5 | 4 |
27 | @ashwinv | 5 | 1 |
28 | @lakshmanadc | 4 | 1 |
29 | @nambirajan | 4 | 0 |
30 | @sumesh-pb | 4 | 3 |
31 | @diya_a | 4 | 3 |
32 | @nikhilasajeev | 4 | 1 |
33 | @naturalist_aditya | 4 | 1 |
34 | @swatiudayraj | 4 | 1 |
35 | @herman8 | 4 | 1 |
36 | @elijah5311 | 3 | 1 |
37 | @siva11 | 3 | 1 |
38 | @maya318 | 3 | 1 |
39 | @jashvant000 | 3 | 2 |
40 | @sudheesh | 3 | 2 |
41 | @thousif | 3 | 1 |
42 | @shyamal_saikia | 3 | 0 |
43 | @altonfernandes | 3 | 2 |
44 | @subbi | 3 | 1 |
45 | @oligoglot | 3 | 1 |
46 | @ce21b037 | 2 | 1 |
47 | @krishna71 | 2 | 1 |
48 | @cs21b028 | 2 | 1 |
49 | @cs21b053 | 2 | 1 |
50 | @ramaashenoy | 2 | 1 |
51 | @ritika_chatterjee | 2 | 1 |
52 | @ok_owl_2869 | 2 | 1 |
53 | @anciya_v_r | 2 | 0 |
54 | @cs21b042 | 2 | 1 |
55 | @gannu03 | 2 | 0 |
56 | @ravindra4 | 2 | 1 |
57 | @hejil | 2 | 0 |
58 | @vidswami | 2 | 2 |
59 | @pranavchandrabose | 2 | 0 |
60 | @sandipan2001 | 2 | 1 |
61 | @vivekbgirija | 2 | 0 |
62 | @carapiranha | 2 | 1 |
63 | @samrudhnandagopal | 2 | 0 |
64 | @odonut | 2 | 0 |
65 | @wild_sapien | 2 | 0 |
66 | @csbandi | 2 | 0 |
67 | @gs5 | 2 | 0 |
68 | @gopisundar | 2 | 1 |
69 | @somebodyelse | 2 | 2 |
70 | @ashirwad | 2 | 1 |
71 | @thenatureaffair | 2 | 2 |
72 | @susmitabera | 2 | 1 |
73 | @rajukasambe | 2 | 0 |
74 | @dhruthi2 | 2 | 1 |
75 | @ivijayanand | 2 | 0 |
76 | @komalg | 1 | 1 |
77 | @mansidhingra | 1 | 0 |
78 | @harini135 | 1 | 0 |
79 | @satendra2 | 1 | 0 |
80 | @iambalu | 1 | 0 |
81 | @yuhan_s_kochuparambil | 1 | 0 |
82 | @pushpa3 | 1 | 0 |
83 | @bina6 | 1 | 0 |
84 | @basanti1 | 1 | 0 |
85 | @jacob1493 | 1 | 1 |
86 | @cs21b058 | 1 | 1 |
87 | @sreya_l | 1 | 1 |
88 | @akshara_p | 1 | 0 |
89 | @sai_srividya_mnv | 1 | 0 |
90 | @aeromaster213 | 1 | 0 |
91 | @sneha_suresh | 1 | 1 |
92 | @debamita | 1 | 1 |
93 | @kiranyadav | 1 | 0 |
94 | @muhammed33 | 1 | 1 |
95 | @vivek53 | 1 | 1 |
96 | @kashyapsaji_ | 1 | 0 |
97 | @abhisishdeb | 1 | 0 |
98 | @dharanendra | 1 | 1 |
99 | @sanju17 | 1 | 0 |
100 | @kirankempanna7 | 1 | 0 |
101 | @ruchag | 1 | 0 |
102 | @anilny | 1 | 1 |
103 | @sacredreinard | 1 | 1 |
104 | @deepsats | 1 | 1 |
105 | @swami_bogim | 1 | 1 |
106 | @rintz | 1 | 0 |
107 | @mayankbagchi91 | 1 | 1 |
108 | @gayatri_11 | 1 | 0 |
109 | @swapnilsuryakantgosavi | 1 | 0 |
110 | @loner1 | 1 | 0 |
111 | @kaithavana | 1 | 0 |
112 | @mousumee | 1 | 1 |
113 | @aditya1_ | 1 | 0 |
114 | @hrisikesh | 1 | 0 |
115 | @parul10 | 1 | 0 |
116 | @davidhopkins27 | 1 | 0 |
117 | @maria_anjum | 1 | 0 |
118 | @neelxd | 1 | 0 |
119 | @nutan1 | 1 | 1 |
120 | @vinod_shankar | 1 | 0 |
121 | @ti_lamare | 1 | 0 |
122 | @asterix8 | 1 | 1 |
123 | @ritu2008 | 1 | 0 |
124 | @safwan0825 | 1 | 1 |
125 | @kchandan | 1 | 0 |
126 | @brahmasoor | 1 | 0 |
127 | @hrishikesh_nayak | 1 | 1 |
128 | @babloo_farswan | 1 | 1 |
129 | @sarveshkp_gws | 1 | 1 |
130 | @manojbhat | 1 | 0 |
131 | @kothapalli_thanusree | 1 | 0 |
132 | @radhikaagarwal | 1 | 0 |
133 | @aadyathammaiah | 1 | 0 |
134 | @mrudula_g | 1 | 0 |
135 | @rakeshmuni | 1 | 0 |
136 | @sunilkumar16 | 1 | 1 |
137 | @vivek_patel | 1 | 0 |
138 | @shivaprakash | 1 | 1 |
139 | @shashikanthbkambannavar | 1 | 1 |
140 | @rajivthanawala | 1 | 0 |
141 | @nishandv | 1 | 0 |
142 | @srinivas7 | 1 | 0 |
143 | @richakedia | 1 | 0 |
144 | @sonukumar | 1 | 0 |
145 | @prajwaldeep | 1 | 0 |
146 | @kartikeyasaxena | 1 | 1 |
147 | @devendrakumargurjar | 1 | 0 |
148 | @elavarasan_mm | 1 | 1 |
149 | @parthkansara | 1 | 1 |
150 | @ninadsr | 1 | 0 |
151 | @akitamyoko | 1 | 0 |
152 | @gopi1 | 1 | 0 |
153 | @amt1205 | 1 | 1 |
154 | @awayk3n | 1 | 0 |
155 | @rajabandi | 1 | 0 |
156 | @surabhi_srivastava_gaur | 1 | 0 |
157 | @prashanthns | 1 | 0 |
158 | @trsraman | 1 | 1 |
159 | @srinivasan2 | 1 | 1 |
160 | @mittal_g | 1 | 1 |
161 | @pjeganathan | 1 | 0 |
162 | @pranav11 | 1 | 0 |
163 | @jayantdeshpande | 1 | 1 |
164 | @covemom | 1 | 0 |
165 | @saurabhsawant | 1 | 0 |
166 | @arungeorge | 1 | 1 |
167 | @kartiksundar | 1 | 0 |
168 | @afsarnayakkan | 1 | 0 |
169 | @renju | 1 | 1 |
170 | @jenis | 1 | 1 |
171 | @devinth09 | 1 | 0 |
172 | @subbu107 | 1 | 0 |
173 | @ashoksengupta5 | 1 | 1 |
Total Observations | 1163 |
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