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Tumbling flower beetle: Can this go to genus or (gasp!) even species?
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Tumbling flower beetle: Can this go to genus or (gasp!) even species?
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto De Caza, Orange County, California, USA
May 24, 2007

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Tumbling flower beetle: Can this go to genus or (gasp!) even species? Tumbling flower beetle: Can this go to genus or (gasp!) even species?
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 26 May, 2007 - 8:52pm

sorry!
almost impossible by photo in all monochromous species . . .

Because antennae are somewhat serrate, I would GUESS for Mordella, IF size was above 7 mm.
… Boris Büche, 28 May, 2007 - 4:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks; like monochrome mirids, no doubt.
I thought that little silver or white bit below might have helped, as I saw a recent ID on another with a bit of color. (This is the first time I'd seen anything other than black or pollen on one I'd shot.)

Yes, mine was above 7mm.
… Ron Hemberger, 28 May, 2007 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

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