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Forked Fungus Beetles

Bolitotherus cornutus

Photo by Jennifer73
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Field Notes

Description:

Beatles on a mushroom!! Found it while we were biking.

Habitat:

Woodlands

Species ID Suggestions

Forked Fungus Beetles

Bolitotherus cornutus

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BugEric
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Comments (2)
BugEric
Males have the pair of horns jutting from the thorax, females do not. Nice find. They are not uncommon, but are usually so incredibly cryptic as to be overlooked. They feign death when disturbed, such that they resemble a chunk of rotten wood. Found only in certain woody shelf fungi.

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 12, 2014

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