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Pleasing Fungus Beetle, Zigzag Beetle

Erotylus sp.

Photo by Irene Brady
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This was a little more than half an inch long.

Habitat:

I found it crawling across a dead log in dense rainforest on the north bank of the Amazon River.

Notes:

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Pleasing Fungus Beetle

Erotylus sp.

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bayucca
Should be Erotylus sp., but probably not the famous Erotylus incomparabilis, which should have some different and reddish lines.

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PublishedJanuary 29, 2016

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