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bebop2 Van Etten, NY(Zone 5a) Aug 24, 2009

This guy is about an inch long, maybe a little less, and stayed very still while I was able to get close enough for a good macro shot. Does anyone know who he is and whether he is friend or foe?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 24, 2009

This is a banded net-wing beetle (Coleoptera: Lycidae); possibly Calopteron discrepans; - see http://tinyurl.com/nxe6go for an image of this and related species. The larvae of these beetles are predaceous on other small arthropods; the adults seem to feed primarily on liquids exuded by decaying plants.

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bebop2 Van Etten, NY(Zone 5a) Aug 24, 2009

Thanks once again, Suunto. You certainly have a lot of knowledge!

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