What do cowboy beetle eat?
The larvae feed on dead and decaying wood and the adults feed on nectar.

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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Order
Beetles

Family
Flower chafers

Genus
Chondropyga

Species
Cowboy beetle (Chondropyga dorsalis)