Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
2012 gathering in Alabama is being planned now!

More upcoming events

Photos of insects and people from the 2011 gathering in Iowa

Photos from the 2010 Workshop in Grinnell, Iowa

Photos from the 2009 gathering in Washington
 
Photos from the 2008 gathering in Tennessee
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
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) » Lycinae » Calopterini » Calopteron » End Band Net-wing (Calopteron terminale)

Species Calopteron terminale - End Band Net-wing

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
End Band Net-wing - Calopteron terminale End Band Net-wing - Calopteron terminale End Band Net-wing Beetle - Calopteron terminale mystery bug - Calopteron terminale Unknown Whatsit - Calopteron terminale Moth - Calopteron terminale TX Net-winged Beetle species? - Calopteron terminale 1080586 - Calopteron terminale
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)
Family Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)
Subfamily Lycinae
Tribe Calopterini
Genus Calopteron
Species terminale (End Band Net-wing)
Size
11-17 mm
Identification
A Calopteron with dark ends to wings.
Range
Includes eastern North America
Habitat
Woodlands, esp. deciduous forests.
Season
Late summer-fall. August-October (North Carolina), August-September (Minnesota)
Food
Adults feed on decomposing vegetable matter (juices).
Life Cycle
Eggs are deposited on dead or dying trees. Larvae are predatory on small insects, mites, under bark.
See Also
Caenia dimidiata--another lycid beetle
Lycomorpha pholus--a moth!
Print References
Borror and White plate 5 (1)
Brimley, p. 153 (2)
Dillon, p. 239 plate XXV (3)
Papp, p. 85, fig. 267 (4)
Salsbury, p. 197--photo (5)
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
2.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
3.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
4.Introduction to North American Beetles
By Charles S. Papp
5.Insects in Kansas
By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White
Contributed by Cotinis on 24 October, 2004 - 12:11pm
Last updated 16 May, 2011 - 1:41pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2012 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Site Map
Contact