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Zig Zag Fungus Pleasing Beetle

Erotylus imitans

Description:

fairly large beetle, 3/4", photos taken on different days

Habitat:

primary rainforest

Notes:

I ended up spotting a lot of beetle like this and similar looking with orange lines and pink lines.

2 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Zig Zag Fungus Pleasing Beetle
Erotylus sp. Erotylus incomparabilis a) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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7 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 6 years ago

Thanks thaptor!

bayucca
bayucca 7 years ago

Thanks again, Boris!

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago

= Erotylus imitans Kirsch, 1876
(confirmed by keying, and original description).

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Gorgeous!

injica
injica 11 years ago

Really interesting beetle!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Thanks bayucca. It does look a lot like E. imcomparabilis but I never any with reddish lines, strange. I really like the common name.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Looks similar to Erotylus imcomparabilis, but with missing reddish lines. Please, verify!

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Amazonas, Colombia

Spotted on Nov 29, 2012
Submitted on Mar 21, 2013

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