Fire-coloured beetle ( Dendroides concolor ), male by Fletcher Wildlife Garden

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31-MAY-2017	Christine Hanrahan

Fire-coloured beetle (Dendroides concolor), male

Fletcher Wildlife Garden

Those antennae are something else. I wish I could have got a clearer photo of them, but he was waving them around madly. The larvae of these beetles live in rotting wood, and according to Tom Murray, feed on fungi.

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MarcViskens		20-Apr-2020 20:20
very beautiful Christine

Len		11-Jun-2017 16:54
A fine macro, well taken. V.

Marcia Colelli		01-Jun-2017 23:43
Great close up capture with wonderful details and background. V

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