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Euphoria dorsal - Euphoria sepulcralis
Copyright © 2006 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.

Euphoria dorsal - Euphoria sepulcralis
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
May 21, 2006
An entomologist who passed through had asked me to keep an eye out for a particular flower-visiting scarab. I never found the one he wanted, but I did find this one. Thanks to Ed Riley for confirming the identification.

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Euphoria dorsal - Euphoria sepulcralis Euphoria ventral - Euphoria sepulcralis
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 20 June, 2007 - 3:50pm

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