Net-wing Beetle are elongated and generally red in colour. This advertises their potential toxicity to predators, detering predation. There are around 3,500 species, mostly concentrated around the tropics although they range across much of the world. This species is an End Band Net-wing Beetle, and she is found in deciduous forests. Larvae are said to be carnivorous (which means the one above is not eating the leaf, but hunting down the caterpillar that did) by some sources, although others insist they feed on fungi. The adults feed mostly on nectar and other plant juices - if they eat at all.
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