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Porrostoma rhipidium
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Feeding on flowering ti tree
This beetle times its appearance to the flowering season of ti trees. They have a foul taste and other insects imitate them for protection.
Spotted on Nov 29, 2011
Submitted on Nov 29, 2011
4 Comments
No problem! We don't need regional variants adding a needless layer of complexity to the science :p
Thanks Latimeria. I thought I didn't know what net-winged beetles were but was quite familiar with these common lycid beetles with their several different colored species and many other species imitating them. eg. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/791... You've filled in a blank for me:)
Yes indeed Martin! Each beetle in the family Lycidae is referred to as a net-winged beetle. That's the only name I included for my spotting because that species didn't have a common name.
Latimeria, are these also called net-winged beetles?