14 Adorable Beetles That Won’t Make You Scream in Terror

Christmas beetles are found around the Christmas season in Australia. That's how they got that name. It's not because they make good gifts.

The golden tortoise beetle lives in sweet potato and morning glory plants and has microscopic valves under its shell that regulates moisture. It uses these to change color.

Okay, so these guys are kind of problematic to coconut crops, BUT so are we, once pina colada season rolls around. (/jk not the same thing at all).

This particular species of leaf beetle was only just recently discovered in Suriname, so not much is known about it. Instead, did you know Dutch is the official language of Suriname? Knowledge!!

This little guy is actually a pretty big pest, but its colloquial name in Spanish is chichí, which is, incidentally a family nickname of ours.

This tuft bearing longhorn beetle is related to the red milkweed beetle. Cuteness must run in the family (Get it?! Taxonomy!). You can buy one to hang in your apartment here.

The cottonwood borer is one of the largest insects in North America.

The rainbow leaf beetle feeds mostly on wild thyme and prefers the flowers to the leaves. La-di-da, you fancy.

This little guy secretes a toxin that will blister your skin, so don't touch it. It also dissolves warts, which may not be cute, but it is sort of practical.

This beetle is sort of like those awful June bugs, only red, and far enough away that we've never had one ruin our night by flying into the screen door for a solid 35 minutes.

This beetle uses its antennae to sense odors, and also looks like somebody painted over it.

Little is known of Temognatha alternata, since it has never been formally described. It can be found in Australia and also, look, pretty colors!

We thought we could maybe help your phobia by taking one of the more creepy beetles ... and putting a top hat on it. Did it work?

If you were put off by the formality of that, here's a Hercules beetle (which can lift up to 850 times its own weight) wearing more of an Indiana Jones-type hat.