Callirhipidae Beetle

Callirhipidae

Description:

approx 2cm long

Habitat:

Edge of lowland tropical forest, Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge

Notes:

The closest we got to an ID was Pterotus obscuripennis

1 Species ID Suggestions

LennyWorthington 10 years ago

Cider Beetle

Callirhipis (Callirhipis) unicostata Lacordaire, 1857:25 www.coleoptera-neotropical.org

16 Comments

beaker98 10 years ago

Awesome spotting! Congrats to you on SOTD! It looks like it has antlers:)

rams4d 10 years ago

Very Impressive !!!, congrats.

Tom15 10 years ago

Congrats on the SOTD! The antennae are wonderful:-)

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman 10 years ago

Congratulations on the SOTD, manuelariasarias77.
Beautiful but how does it get around with such huge antennae, it does not fly...does it?!

manuelariasarias77 10 years ago

Gracias a todos.
Arya - Manuel flipped the bug to get a good view of it's eyes, but it proceeded to move quite frantically (hence the blurriness),so he righted it.

Arya 10 years ago

Did it curl up in the last picture due to being touched? Upside down it looks funnier than right-side up.

ToshimiDowaki 10 years ago

Great series! Congratulations!

Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Incredible spotting :) congratulations :)

AntónioGinjaGinja 10 years ago

Very nice series Manuel,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing

LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Great series, wonderful beetle! Congratulations Manuel.

RiekoS 10 years ago

Congratulations! Very nice.

Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Magnificent. Congratulations.

LuisStevens 10 years ago

Felicidades Manuel! Excelente SOTD!

Yasser 10 years ago

Congratulations! This beauty of a beetle has been selected as Spotting of the Day! Great shots of the feathered antennae and I especially love the 2nd shot with the green and yellow leaf coloration. Thanks for sharing Costa Rica with us and we look forward to seeing what you encounter next!

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