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Net wing beetle (Family Lycidae)

calopteron discrepans

Notes:

Adults eat nectar and honeydew. Larvae: Despite anecdotal reports of carnivory, most, if not all, feed on myxomycetes or metabolic products of fungi. (Thanks Noriet Alejandra).

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Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

NIce to know it, thank you, Norieth.

NoriethAlejandra
NoriethAlejandra 12 years ago

Adults eat nectar and honeydew. Larvae: Despite anecdotal reports of carnivory, most, if not all, feed on myxomycetes or metabolic products of fungi

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Thank you, Juan.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

this is a Net wing beetle (Lycidae)

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Quatro Barras, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Oct 27, 2011
Submitted on Oct 27, 2011

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