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- This page contains information and pictures about Lycid Beetles that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. They are also known as Net-winged
Beetle.
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 - Body length 20mm
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- Lycid Beetles are elongated and flattened beetles that may be found on flowers or on plant
surfaces. Most species adults are nectar-feeders, some do not feed at all in
adult stage. The head and thorax are usually triangular in shape. Antennae are medium long, thick and
in serrate form (saw-tooth-like segments). Most of them are in typical
brick-red and black colours.
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Lycid larva, ? sp. , length 20mm
- Adults feed on pollen, usually found on flowers or plants surface, although
they are also considered as predatory.
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- Lycid larva, ? sp. , length 15mm
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- Larvae can be found under bark, in soil or in leaf litter. They are
elongated, strongly sclerotised and somewhat flattened. They feed on dead wood and fungi. They also prey
on other insect larvae and pupae.
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- Lycid Beetles are distasteful to birds which is the mimicking model of the Lycid
Beetle mimicry
complex. When disturbed, they produce a milky fluid that tastes nasty.
Many other species beetles and other insects mimic their colours and body
shape. The key features to recognize the Lycid
Beetle are the distinctive ridged thorax surface, netted wings, relatively
large eyes and flattened legs.
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- Long-nosed Lycid Beetle
  - Porrostoma rhipidium, (former Metriorrhynchus rhipidius), Metriorrhynchinae,
Metriorrhynchini, body length 20mm
- This Lycid Beetle is quite common in Brisbane bushes. We found them from
time to time. They may be found on leaves or feeding on flowers.
- More pictures and information can be found in this page.
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- Red Shoulder Lycid Beetle
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- Trichalus ampliatus (former Metriorrhynchus ampliatus) , Metriorrhynchinae,
Metriorrhynchini, body length 20mm
- This beetle look similar to the above species except both sides of the head
is brick-red colour. The second picture shows two Lycid beetles get caught on a plant stem. The
plant has hook hairs on stem and leave which will attach even on our skin or
clothes. Once insects land on them, are trapped. Please also visit this page
for more information.
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- Large Eyes Lycid Beetle
  - ? Porrostoma sp., body length 10mm
- Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest Dentata Track near a dry creek Nov
2007. Please check this page for more
information.
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- Small Bi-colour Lycid Beetle
 - ? Porrostoma sp., body length 10mm
- Three Lycid Beetles in a mating complex. Photo taken in Yugarapul
Park during early summer. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Reference and Link:
- 1. LYCIDAE
- Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and
Heritage.
- 2. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 638.
- 3. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.4 -
Matthews, E.G. 1985, p8.
- 4. A Guide to the Beetles of Australia - George Hangay and Paul Zborowski, CSIRO PUBLISHING April
2010, p126.
- 5.
Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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