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Bicho capixaba

Lagria villosa

Photo by Sckel
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Field Notes

Notes:

Pequenos insetos de corpo ovalar e cor parda escura ou negra, revestidos de fina pubescência. Cabeça encaixada no protórax até os olhos; antenas claviformes; pernas medíocres. Os besouros adultos encontram-se sobre a folhagem das plantas. às vezes sobre flores ou sobre a casca dos troncos. As larvas são saprófagas.

http://www.acervodigital.ufrrj.br/insetos/insetos_do_brasil/conteudo/to…

Reference Links:

http://www.cesumar.br/epcc2009/anais/fabio_fermino.pdf

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Comments (7)
Sckel
Thanks, I can almost see them now. I will make new photos, it always appears here. ;)
injica
nop ;D no glasses but I see them on the 1st photo, on the 2nd the reflection on the right eye and the shape on the 3rd ;D
Sckel
I do not see them. Are you using a magnifying glass. It was trickery.
injica
the eyes are totally on each side (photo 3 on the edge) of the head ;)
Sckel
I still can not see the eyes of this beetle. Thanks injica and Harumkoh.

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