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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae) » Dictyopterus » Golden Net-wing (Dictyopterus aurora)
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Golden Net-Winged Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora
Copyright © 2005 Richard Leung

Golden Net-Winged Beetle - Dictyopterus aurora
Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
April 4, 2005
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 7 April, 2005 - 8:59pm

Fantastic
Fantastic! I've never seen anything like this one. And I used to do a lot of beetle watching in Virginia!

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen Cresswell, 8 April, 2005 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

 
Golden Net-winged beetle
RHolden
Just found a pair of these fine insects copulating on a decaying evergreen stump that was really moist. At least one slime mold was growing on the stump. 5/17/05 - Uxbridge, MA
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