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Big Beetle Boys, wanna flesh em out more but wanted to get the ideas out of my head first xp
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Watch this caterpillar fling its beetle attacker through the air
Soft, squishy caterpillars might seem like easy prey to a hungry predator, but one species doesn’t give up without a fight. Fully developed caterpillars of the hornworm moth (Langia zenzeroides) use a mix of squeaks, strikes, and vomit to defend themselves from predators, researchers report this month in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Tuesday morning trip? Random illustration idea I had for Squish!! Maybe I can put this on a shirt or something~
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Pleasing Fungus Beetle - Erotylidae
Pleasing fungus beetles of the family Erotylidae (Coleoptera) are easily recognized by their usually red, orange, yellow or purple bright color combined with black, forming patterns of stripes, spots or rings.
Their common name is because these beetles are mycophagous, which means that they eat fungus, and the fruiting bodies of mushrooms provide the only food for both larvae and adults. In fact, Erotylidae is a very important part of the mycophagous fauna in the tropics, and are largely responsible for recycling the nutrients, which are absorbed by fungi during decomposition of organic matter, and dispersing them through out the food chain.
The beetles copulate on or near the host-fungus. Fertilized female lay eggs into the hymenophore or directly on the fructification, and larvae feed on or inside the fungus, devouring all its available parts.
This one purple Pleasing Fungus Beetle in the photos could be ErotylusorGibbifer.
Photo credits: ©Shirley Sekarajasingham | Locality: Vaupes River, Mitu area, Amazon Basin, eastern Colombia (2011) | [Top] - [Bottom]
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First ten insects from Huevember!
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