Bug FAQRutela lineola
Rutela lineola · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Scarabaeidae
Rutula lineola is a small beetle about 16 to 20 mm long. Adults feed on flowers and decaying wood, while the larvae live inside and eat decaying trunks.
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Size
It reaches about 16 to 20 mm in length.
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Where it lives
Larvae are found inside decaying trunks where they feed on the wood.
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What it eats
Adult beetles eat flowers and also consume decaying wood. The larvae are wood-eating (xylophagous).
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Life cycle
The immature stage lives inside rotting wood and feeds on it.
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Where it comes from
It occurs in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Colombia.
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Questions people ask
What do Rutula lineola beetles eat?
Adults feed on flowers and decaying wood, while the larvae eat the wood of decaying trunks.
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Same family (Scarabaeidae)
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutela_lineola
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.