Red-banded fungus beetle
The red-banded fungus beetle is a shiny black beetle with jagged orange bands on its back. It lives on big shelf-like mushrooms that grow on dead logs. It is one of the biggest of its family in North America.
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Fun facts
It has big eyes, a sign that it is busy at dusk and at night.
When it is too cold, too hot or too sunny, it hides under tree bark.
In summer it often flies to bright lights at night.
A smaller beetle called the picnic beetle has almost the same colours, so people mix them up.
Most asked questions about Red-banded fungus beetle
?What does the red-banded fungus beetle eat?
Bracket fungi, the shelf-like mushrooms that grow on dead logs and stumps.
?Is the red-banded fungus beetle dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Megalodacne fasciata
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Erotylidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Erotylidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Red-banded pleasing fungus beetle
Where the facts come from
- Megalodacne fasciata (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 xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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