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S50 - Eustrophopsis bicolor
Copyright © 2014 Iustin Cret

S50 - Eustrophopsis bicolor
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
August 1, 2014
Size: 6 mm
Found it in a decaying tree stump. (Feed on fungus?)
The size, is for position like in second photo, only pronotum and abdomen. When it sits (no move), it keep the head hidden (from above the head not visible).

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 3 August, 2014 - 12:15am

Eustrophopsis bicolor (Fabricius), male
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Iustin.

Larvae of Eustrophinae presumably feed within within the rotting wood/fungus matrix; adults are usually nocturnal, found on dead wood and its associated fungi. (1)
… Brad Barnd, 21 March, 2016 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 3 August, 2014 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

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