Net-Winged Beetle
Plateros Sp.
Net-Winged Beetle
Plateros Sp.
Net-Winged Beetles area family of beetles from the order Lycidae. Net-Winged Beetles are elongated, colorful black and orange beetles, commonly found resting on vegetation in moist woods. The adults feed either on plant juices or on other insects and can be seen usually at sundown or sunrise either resting on flowers and other vegetation.
Small to medium-sized Lycids, typically with a dark elytra and yellow/orange on the pronotum. the elytra also has ridges and a net-like pattern of veins.
Plateros Sp.
Net-Winged Beetles area family of beetles from the order Lycidae. Net-Winged Beetles are elongated, colorful black and orange beetles, commonly found resting on vegetation in moist woods. The adults feed either on plant juices or on other insects and can be seen usually at sundown or sunrise either resting on flowers and other vegetation.
Small to medium-sized Lycids, typically with a dark elytra and yellow/orange on the pronotum. the elytra also has ridges and a net-like pattern of veins.
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