Long-nosed lycid beetle
Porrostoma rhipidium
The long-nosed lycid beetle is a net-winged beetle from Australia. Net-winged beetles have wing covers with fine ridges that look a bit like a net.
Lives in
Many parts of Australia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Grown-up net-winged beetles are often seen on flowers, where they sip nectar.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Long-nosed lycid beetle about 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is found in many parts of Australia.
2
Its scientific name is often spelled wrong. The correct ending is rhipidius, and by the rules of naming it must stay that way.
3
Like all beetles, it has two hard wing covers that protect its thin flying wings underneath.
you asked
Most asked questions about Long-nosed lycid beetle
?Where does the long-nosed lycid beetle live?
In many parts of Australia.
?Is the long-nosed lycid beetle dangerous?
No. It does not bite or sting people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Porrostoma rhipidium
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Lycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Lycidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Porrostoma rhipidius (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Patrick_K59. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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