Interesting beetle facts

After the Calopteron reticulatum larvae hatches, as it grows, it protects itself with the poisonous chemicals it has in its body segments (Boca and Matsuda 2003; Grzimek 2004: 319)

In a study done by Miller (1998), when a C. reticulatum larvae was placed near a snail, the snail crawled upon the larvae head for which the larvae proceeded to attack and eat the snail.

Although there is mimicry with the Lycidae family, a Lepidoptera moth known as the Syntomid, mimics Calopteron reticulatum and other new-winged beetles by also having banded coloration patterns on its wings (Marshall 2008).

Calopteron reticulatum's common name, the Banded Net-Winged Beetle not only because of its banded coloration on its wings, but also from the ridgd patterns on its wings that look like nets (Eisner et al. 2005).

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