Remaining big beetles (various families)

Western Europe is located in the temperate zones of the world. This means that real big insects are scarce. The biggest beetle in our parts of the world is the Stag Beetle. It may reach a length of some 75 mm, but a large portion of the animal exists of the enormous jaws. Without them the animal reaches some 35 mm, so actually it isn't that big at all. On this page we have put beetles found in our garden belonging to families comprised of relatively big species, such as Carrion Beetles and the Chafers. There is no scientific reason putting these families together, though. Some families are not even closely related at all.