Red-winged Lycid

Porrostoma rufipenne · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Lycidae

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Red-winged Lycid
Photo: Uwe Schneehagen, CC BY-SA

The insect is medium-sized and shows a bright red or orange body with thick antennae that have leaf-like extensions. It occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Its antennae are thick and bear leaf-like structures along them.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is of medium size.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Red-winged Lycid photo 3
Photo: Uwe Schneehagen, CC BY-SA
Red-winged Lycid photo 4
Photo: dr_robert, CC BY

Same family (Lycidae)

Reticulated Net-winged BeetleReticulated Net-winged BeetleCalopteron reticulatumEnd Band Net-winged BeetleEnd Band Net-winged BeetleCalopteron terminaleLygistopterus sanguineusLygistopterus sanguineusLygistopterus sanguineusLong-nosed Lycid BeetleLong-nosed Lycid BeetlePorrostoma rhipidium

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porrostoma_rufipenne

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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