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Common Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Common Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
Seatac, King County, Washington, USA
June 30, 2007
Size: 10mm
Found on a flower cluster of some sort of Phlomis in the Botanical Garden I was visiting.
Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 30 June, 2007 - 7:41pm

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