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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Rutelini » Pelidnota » Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata)
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Grapevine Beetle--front leg - Pelidnota punctata
Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Grapevine Beetle--front leg - Pelidnota punctata
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 11, 2007
Size: 23 mm
Detail of left front tarsus, showing the large pair of independent tarsal claws, characteristic of subfamily Rutelinae of the Scarabaeidae. Note also the modifications to the tibia, presumably for digging.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 12 June, 2007 - 3:43pm

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