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Field Notes

Description:

A 19.12 mm rutelinae beetle from the slopes of the Andes to the coast in Ecuador.

Habitat:

Very humid, high montane, rainforest

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Comments (2)
GustavoMorejon
It is in the Buenaventura Scientific Station. Usually what I do is to use a "light trap" with a black light and a white sheet in the background to attract beetles. In one night you can see hundreds of thousands of insects coming to the black light traps and falling in the white sheet ... there are so much insects in the white sheets that sometimes you "breath" insects !!! That is why you are going to see a lot of white backgrounds in my pictures. I love black light traps. Best regards Desmond !
Desmond.E.S.O
If it's in a rainforest than why does it have a white background?

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Beetles of Ecuador
Mission
Ecuadorian Cloud Forest Biodiversity
Biodiversity of Ecuador (BioBanco)
Mission
National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedNovember 20, 2013

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