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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.

Zig Zag Pleasing Fungus Beetle

Erotylus imitans

Comments (7)

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

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