Banded net-winged beetle
The banded net-winged beetle is bright orange with wide black bands. Its wing cases are covered in raised lines that cross each other like a net. Its bold colours tell birds to stay away.
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Fun facts
Its larvae are black with burnt orange patches.
When it is time to change into adults, hundreds of larvae crowd together and lie on top of each other like roof tiles.
It looks almost exactly like another beetle called Calopteron reticulatum, and even experts find them hard to tell apart.
The larvae live in rotten logs, under loose bark and in fallen leaves.
Most asked questions about Banded net-winged beetle
?Is the banded net-winged beetle dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people. Its bright colours are a warning for birds.
?How big is the banded net-winged beetle?
About 10 to 15 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calopteron discrepans
- Named by
- Newman
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Lycidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Lycidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Calopteron discrepans (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 Alex Abair. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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