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Tailed Net-winged Beetle
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Tailed Net-winged Beetle

Lycus trabeatus

Lycus trabeatus, common name tailed net-winged beetle, is a species of beetle in the Lycidae family, which is native to the eastern and southern Afrotropics. They are diurnal, aposematic insects. Adults feed on various flowers and their nectar, while larvae live under tree bark, in dead wood, or in detritus where they may live on fungi.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 346981.