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Zig Zag Fungus Pleasing Beetle

Erotylus imitans

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

fairly large beetle, 3/4", photos taken on different days

Habitat:

primary rainforest

Notes:

I ended up spotting a lot of beetle like this and similar looking with orange lines and pink lines.

Species ID Suggestions

Zig Zag Fungus Pleasing Beetle

Erotylus sp.

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bayucca
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Zig Zag Pleasing Fungus Beetle

Erotylus imitans

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thaptor
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Comments (7)
thaptor
= Erotylus imitans Kirsch, 1876 (confirmed by keying, and original description).
injica
Really interesting beetle!
Dan Doucette
Thanks bayucca. It does look a lot like E. imcomparabilis but I never any with reddish lines, strange. I really like the common name.
bayucca
Looks similar to Erotylus imcomparabilis, but with missing reddish lines. Please, verify!

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PublishedMarch 21, 2013

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