Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Beetle

Beetle §

An insect with shell-like wings.

Default orientation tergiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Schrot’s Wappenbuch. Artist unknown. (Arms of Schleßwick.)

Beetle Fesswise §

An insect with shell-like wings.

Default orientation tergiant. No proper coloration.

Source: Les Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne. Artist unknown. Adapted by Máel Brigte.

Atlas Beetle §

An insect with shell-like wings.

Default posture: tergiant. No proper coloration.

Adapted from a photograph by the Krakow Natural History Museum.

Scarab Beetle §

An old world insect, considered a sacred symbol of the morning sun in Egypt.

Default posture: tergiant. No proper coloration.

Artist: Valentine Ambrose.