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- Red
and Blue Beetle, Pollen Beetle
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Dicranolaius bellulus, subfamily Malachiinae, body length 8mm
- The beetle is bright red in
colour with four metallic blue spots on the elytra. The above pictures were taken during mid summer. We
thought this was a Leaf Beetle. Douglas LeDoux
from Columbia sent us email advised that this should be a Melyridae. Then we
narrowed down it is a Dicranolaius bellulus. This species of beetles
are partly predacious. They search over plants during the day. They eat eggs,
larvae and other slow-moving insects. On rice crops, they have been found feeding
on pollen. The egg, larval and pupa stages are in the soil.
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