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Megalodacne Hero Beetles (on Ganoderma)

Megalodacne sp.

Photo by JC_Forester
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Field Notes

Description:

Also known as Pleasing Fungus Beetles these beetles normally eat shelf fungi and lay eggs in the fungi. They also help distribute spores of the host fungus.

Habitat:

On Ganoderma lucidum or Ganoderma tsugae.

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Megalodacne

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