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Pleasing fungus beetle

Erotylidae, Erotylus sp

Description:

Beautiful bright red, yellow and black, about an inch, in the Trumpet flowers plant. (Reyna de la Noche.)

Habitat:

1,244 M. above sea level. Lat. 10.03. Long. -84.29

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Erotylus nicaraguae Biologia Centrali-Americana


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14 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Belíssimo!

Anne Marie McCaffrey
Anne Marie McCaffrey 11 years ago

Here is a reference - it is an old reference and the names have sometimes been modified with time. I have found it difficult to trace modern names sometimes...
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections...

Thank you bayucca, I will check that.

Thank you, harsuame and Ashish Nimkar.
I gave up on the ID for this beautiful beetle I have not check it until today?!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

That's yours!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macaw-frey/...
And Anne Marie IDed this one as Erotylus sp., possibly Erotylus nicaraguae. But I didn't found any additional information about this species.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Beauty

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Bellas pintas::

Thank you Argy Bee, Azura Firdaus, Thank you JuanDiTrani will try and find a name with your sugestion.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

This is a Fungus beetle (Erotylidae)

Can someone ID this beautiful beetle? Help!!

Azura Firdaus W
Azura Firdaus W 11 years ago

Cool

Thank you Jason Alexander, C.R. it is amazing, all my pictures, out of my own back yard!!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 11 years ago

Cool! Costa Rica is amazing!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

That's a handsome beetle. Good spotting GBJOFN.

Provincia Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 12, 2012
Submitted on Sep 15, 2012

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