''Calopteron reticulatum'', also known as the reticulated net-winged beetle,
is a species of
net-winged beetle
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregion ...
in the family
Lycidae
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions ...
. It is also known as the banded net-winged beetle, though that name is also used for the closely-related and similarly banded ''
Calopteron discrepans
''Calopteron discrepans'', the banded net-winged beetle, is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles a ...
''.
It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
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[ Adults are active during the day, and lay their eggs on dead/decaying trees. The species also pupates in dead trees. Larva hunt in leaf litter, eating other small arthropods.]
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Lycidae
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Beetles described in 1775
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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