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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

about 1.5 in, looks like a type of roach

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

This is definitely one of the nicer looking roaches I've seen.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
Dan Doucette
Thanks for all the comments! Lauren you might be right with Erotylidae, but I haven't found any similar matches yet.
Muckpuk
If that is a roach I will like them from now on....(only that specific kind tho :-) NICE bug!
LaurenZarate
What a beauty. Has to be one of the fungus beetle families.

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PublishedApril 25, 2013

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