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Pleasing Fungus Beetle, Zigzag Beetle

Erotylus sp.

Description:

This was a little more than half an inch long.

Habitat:

I found it crawling across a dead log in dense rainforest on the north bank of the Amazon River.

Notes:

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Erotylus sp. Zig Zag Fungus Pleasing Beetle | Project Noah


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2 Comments

Irene Brady
Irene Brady 8 years ago

Thanks, Bayucca!

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Should be Erotylus sp., but probably not the famous Erotylus incomparabilis, which should have some different and reddish lines.

Irene Brady
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Irene Brady

Loreto, Peru

Spotted on Dec 29, 2010
Submitted on Jan 29, 2016

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