Beetle

Description:

Adult Astylus atromaculatus are roughly oval in shape, slightly elongated, with parallel sides. They generally are slightly flat in shape, and like most Melyridae, tend to be soft and leathery in texture. They attain about 12 mm in bodily length by 5 mm wide.

Habitat:

can be found in any type of habitat; dry, moist, hot, cold but also deep in the ground, in trees, inside fruit, inside seeds, inside leaves, inside dead wood, inside live plants and in carcasses. Generally the larvae live their live inside of their food source, while the adults disperse.