''Cypherotylus californicus'', sometimes known as the blue fungus beetle or blue pleasing fungus beetle, is a species of
pleasing fungus beetle in the family
Erotylidae. It is recorded from Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Kansas, and the Mexican state of Sonora.
[Branham, M.A. (1993) A new eastern record for ''Cypherotylus californicus'' Lacordaire in the United States (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). ''Coleopterists Bulletin'' 47: 81–82]
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Biology
It starts its life in the spring when it hatches from an egg and pupates in the summer. It mates and lays eggs in the late summer and early fall. It feeds on the Conk Fungus it can find growing on logs and trees. Their elytra are blue with black dots, and it turns grey as they age.
Gallery
File:Blue fungus beetle (Cypherotylus californicus).webm, video of feeding on fungus
File:Pleasing Fungus Beetles Feeding on Mushroom (3869927986).jpg, ''Cypherotylus californicus'' feeding on fungus
File:Flickr - ggallice - Pleasing fungus beetle.jpg, larva of ''Cypherotylus californicus''
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Erotylidae
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Beetles described in 1842
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