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Latin name: Endomychus coccineus
Size: Approximately 5mms. long
Distribution: Found in most parts of the UK.
Months seen: April to July
Food: Fungi
Habitat: Woods, parks and gardens. Usually found among decaying
vegetation and under the bark of rotting wood.
Special features: Similar in appearance to a ladybird, but less round -
more elongated, and less dome shaped - much flatter. Also the antennae are much
longer.
The bright red colouration is a bluff. It's probably quite a tasty beetle to
insect eating animals, but it mimics the appearance of the ladybird in an
attempt to deter predators.
This is a harmless little beetle which feeds on fungi (mycetophagous). It is not
predatory, and it's larvae also feed on fungi.
UK Safari Beetle Section
UK Safari Ladybird Section
UK Safari Creepy-Crawlies Section
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