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Pleasing Fungus Beetles

Posted by June 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am

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Pleasing Fungus Beetles

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Hello, I found these beauties while hiking in Western Pennsylvania. There were a dozen or so of these beetles enjoying the delicious fungus in the picture. Curiosity got the best of me and I snapped a few pictures. Thanks,
Brian

Hi Brian,
They are pleasingly attractive beetles, and they eat fungus. Someone thought to name them Pleasing Fungus Beetles, Megalodacne heros. Here is a nice side by side comparison with a smaller relative, Hegalodacne fasciata.

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