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Trilobite Beetle

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Field Notes

Description:

Female Trilobite beetles exhibit neotany [retaining juvenile form through to adult life]. They are detritivores, and closely related to fire-flies. The orange-tips glow in the dark.

Habitat:

Leaf litter, tree trunks, tropical rainforest.

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